く゚ぃ
See also: くぃ and ぐぃ
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ŋɰᵝi]
Syllable
く゚ぃ (romaji ngwi)
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable く゚ぃ (ngwi). Its equivalent in katakana is ク゚ィ (ngwi)
Usage notes
[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻濁音 (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.