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I have been typing in Japanese for a while now but I cannot figure out how to type ティ (small ィ, not a big one イ).

How does one do this using the Katakana input method of OSX?

Petruza
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Just type texi in Katakana mode. Generally, prefixing x will generate the small variant character (useful if you need to generate ゅ, ょ or っ in isolation).

jogloran
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The x prefix does generate the small variant, but what you probably want is thi.

Justin
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    +1 for the shortcut, but more generally, can you point to a resource somewhere that summarizes all shortcuts in the manner of `thi` instead of `texi` or `teli` ? Thanks. – Cbhihe Jan 27 '16 at 10:22
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    On Linux, I found the complete list by clicking on the status icon that says **あ**, then Mozc Tool / Configuration Tool / **Romaji Table / Customize**. This opens a table with the full list of shortcuts. Maybe it's in a similar place in OS X and other systems. – Tobia Feb 05 '18 at 21:17
  • Interesting, although I tried `thu` to get the same as with `texu` but instead got only hiragana てゅ and no katakana version is suggested. And when typing `tyu` I get チュ – Petruza Jul 13 '22 at 16:13
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Building off of Justin's answer, there's a few other special kana input strings that I found online. This is not an exhaustive list.

wi = ウィ/うぃ

we = ウェ/うぇ

va = ヴァ/ゔぁ

vi = ヴィ/ゔぃ

vu = ヴ/ゔ

ve = ヴェ/ゔぇ

vo = ヴォ/ヴぉ

she = シェ/しぇ

je = ジェ/じぇ

fa = ファ/ふぁ

fi = フィ/ふぃ

fe = フェ/ふぇ

fo = フォ/ふぉ

che = チェ/ちぇ

éclairevoyant
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  • Unfortunately _ti_ produces ち, not ティ. I would say that _chi_ producing ち is enough. – Petruza May 14 '18 at 22:56
  • there's other romanizations where ti = chi. anyway, you can always produce little letters by typing x before the letter. – éclairevoyant May 14 '18 at 23:05
  • Agree, but it would be more natural to have ti = ティ, since it's the official romanization, and why have two different ways of inputting ち anyway? If an option so counter-intuitive like using X hadn't been used, I guess less people would need to come and ask in places like this. The best UI is the one that works as most users expect it to. – Petruza May 21 '18 at 22:18
  • Native Japanese speakers regularly use "ti" to mean ち. – éclairevoyant Jun 04 '22 at 20:35
  • Yes, but the typing system suggests katakana ティ as the first option when typing both `thi` and `texi`, so it guesses correctly that I'm trying to write katakana. Despite `ti` being an acceptable way to type hiragana ち, when I type `ti` ち is the first option, and the only katakana suggestion I get is チ, while ティ doesn't even show up in the list. – Petruza Jul 13 '22 at 16:28
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    That sounds expected. Japanese speakers use ti to mean ち or チ. If you think it should be different I suggest you take it up with the devs who made the input method that you use, or you can design your own keyboard input method or a macro for your personal use. – éclairevoyant Jul 13 '22 at 18:45