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title: "BIP39 Word #988: kiwi — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/kiwi/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #988 01111011011 

# kiwi — BIP39 word #988

"**kiwi**" is word #988 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/) and [knee](/bip39-word/knee/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111011011`, decimal index 987\. 

/ˈkiːwiː/  · _noun:_ a fruit with brown hairy skin and green flesh, or a flightless bird 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): киви 

## Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[window](/bip39-word/window/)[derive](/bip39-word/derive/)[fork](/bip39-word/fork/)[hidden](/bip39-word/hidden/)[inflict](/bip39-word/inflict/)[legal](/bip39-word/legal/)[just](/bip39-word/just/)[kidney](/bip39-word/kidney/)[know](/bip39-word/know/)[kite](/bip39-word/kite/)[kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3DB

4-Letter Prefix

kiwi

## About "kiwi" in BIP39

- "kiwi" has 4 letters, but the first three, **"kiw"**, already identify it, because **"ki"** also begins 10 other words, among them [kick](/bip39-word/kick/), [kid](/bip39-word/kid/), [kidney](/bip39-word/kidney/) and [kind](/bip39-word/kind/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #988 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) noviny 

[French](/french/) honteux 

[Italian](/italian/) meandro 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんもん 

[Korean](/korean/) 식기 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) hiato 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lástima 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 航 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 航 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #984 kit ](/bip39-word/kit/)[ #985 kitchen ](/bip39-word/kitchen/)[ #986 kite ](/bip39-word/kite/)[ #987 kitten ](/bip39-word/kitten/)[ #989 knee ](/bip39-word/knee/)[ #990 knife ](/bip39-word/knife/)[ #991 knock ](/bip39-word/knock/)[ #992 know ](/bip39-word/know/) 

[View all words starting with "K" ](/bip39-words/k/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [12 vs 24 Word Seed Phrase: Which Is More Secure?](/12-vs-24-word-seed-phrase/)
- [BIP 157 Client-Side Block Filtering: Compact Filters Explained](/bip-157-client-side-block-filtering/)
- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)