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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 幾 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
- The hiragana syllable き (ki). Its equivalent in katakana is キ (ki). It is the seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行い段 (ka-gyō i-dan, “row ka, section i”).
Derived terms
- ぎ (gi)
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
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| (This term, き (ki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as き, see Category:Japanese kanji read as き.) |
(The following entries are uncreated: 寄, 規, 危, 机, 揮, 企, 肌, 岐, 軌, 既, 幾, 棋, 棄, 毀, 畿, 輝, 稀, 綺, 嬉, 毅, 窺, 徽, 几, 悸, 愧, 詭, 跪, 麾, 騏, 饑, 羈, 驥.)
Etymology 3
Suffix
- (Classical Japanese) Indicates past tense: -ed
- Used when the speaker has directly experienced the event described, as opposed to けり.
Usage notes
Follows the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of inflectable words, except:
| 終止形 (“terminal”) | 連体形 (“attributive”) | 已然形 (“realis”) | |
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| 来 (ku) + き | (unattested) | こし (koshi) | こしか (koshika) |
| す (su) + き | しき (shiki) | せし (seshi) | せしか (seshika) |
This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”) in traditional Japanese grammar.
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "き" (irregular)
Derived terms
- けり (keri)
Related terms
- けむ (kemu) (possibly a derivative)
See also
- けり (keri)