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ひ, in hiragana, or ヒ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both can be written in two strokes, sometimes one for hiragana, and both are phonemically /hi/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [çi] . The pronunciation of the voiceless palatal fricative [ç] is similar to that of the English word hue [çuː] for some speakers.
Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana | Example words (with kanji) |
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Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) |
hi | ひ | ヒ |
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hii, hyi hī |
ひい, ひぃ ひー |
ヒイ, ヒィ ヒー | ||
Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) |
hya | ひゃ | ヒャ |
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hyaa hyā |
ひゃあ, ひゃぁ ひゃー |
ヒャア, ヒャァ ヒャー | ||
hyu | ひゅ | ヒュ |
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hyuu hyū |
ひゅう, ひゅぅ ひゅー |
ヒュウ, ヒュゥ ヒュー | ||
hyo | ひょ | ヒョ |
| |
hyou hyoo hyō |
ひょう, ひょぅ ひょお, ひょぉ ひょー |
ヒョウ, ヒョゥ ヒョオ, ヒョォ ヒョー | ||
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) |
bi | び | ビ |
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bii, byi bī |
びい, びぃ びー |
ビイ, ビィ ビー | ||
Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) |
bya | びゃ | ビャ |
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byaa byā |
びゃあ, びゃぁ びゃー |
ビャア, ビャァ ビャー | ||
byu | びゅ | ビュ |
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byuu byū |
びゅう, びゅぅ びゅー |
ビュウ, ビュゥ ビュー | ||
byo | びょ | ビョ |
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byou byoo byō |
びょう, びょぅ びょお, びょぉ びょー |
ビョウ, ビョゥ ビョオ, ビョォ ビョー | ||
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) |
pi | ぴ | ピ |
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pii, pyi pī |
ぴい, ぴぃ ぴー |
ピイ, ピィ ピー | ||
Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) |
pya | ぴゃ | ピャ |
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pyaa pyā |
ぴゃあ, ぴゃぁ ぴゃー |
ピャア, ピャァ ピャー | ||
pyu | ぴゅ | ピュ |
| |
pyuu pyū |
ぴゅう, ぴゅぅ ぴゅー |
ピュウ, ピュゥ ピュー | ||
pyo | ぴょ | ピョ |
| |
pyou pyoo pyō |
ぴょう, ぴょぅ ぴょお, ぴょぉ ぴょー |
ピョウ, ピョゥ ピョオ, ピョォ ピョー |
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transliteration | hi | ||
hiragana origin | 比 | ||
katakana origin | 比 | ||
Man'yōgana | 比 必 卑 賓 日 氷 飯 負 嬪 臂 避 匱 非 悲 斐 火 肥 飛 樋 干 乾 彼 被 秘 | ||
Voiced Man'yōgana | 婢 鼻 弥 備 肥 飛 乾 眉 媚 | ||
spelling kana | 飛行機のヒ Hikōki no "hi" | ||
unicode | U+3072, U+30D2 | ||
braille | ![]() | ||
Note: This mora was historically pronounced as "pi" with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged. |
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Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
飛行機のヒ Hikōki no "Hi" |
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Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-1236 Japanese Braille |
ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | H/B/P + Yōon braille | ||||||||||
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ひ / ヒ hi | び / ビ bi | ぴ / ピ pi | ひい / ヒー hī | びい / ビー bī | ぴい / ピー pī | ひゃ / ヒャ hya | びゃ / ビャ bya | ぴゃ / ピャ pya | ひゃあ / ヒャー hyā | びゃあ / ビャー byā | ぴゃあ / ピャー pyā |
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H/B/P + Yōon braille | |||||||||||
ひゅ / ヒュ hyu | びゅ / ビュ byu | ぴゅ / ピュ pyu | ひゅう / ヒュー hyū | びゅう / ビュー byū | ぴゅう / ピュー pyū | ひょ / ヒョ hyo | びょ / ビョ byo | ぴょ / ピョ pyo | ひょう / ヒョー hyō | びょう / ビョー byō | ぴょう / ピョー pyō |
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Preview | ひ | ヒ | ヒ | ㇶ | ㋪ | |||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER HI | KATAKANA LETTER HI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HI | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HI | CIRCLED KATAKANA HI | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 12402 | U+3072 | 12498 | U+30D2 | 65419 | U+FF8B | 12790 | U+31F6 | 13034 | U+32EA |
UTF-8 | 227 129 178 | E3 81 B2 | 227 131 146 | E3 83 92 | 239 190 139 | EF BE 8B | 227 135 182 | E3 87 B6 | 227 139 170 | E3 8B AA |
Numeric character reference | ひ | ひ | ヒ | ヒ | ヒ | ヒ | ㇶ | ㇶ | ㋪ | ㋪ |
Shift JIS (plain)[1] | 130 208 | 82 D0 | 131 113 | 83 71 | 203 | CB | ||||
Shift JIS-2004[2] | 130 208 | 82 D0 | 131 113 | 83 71 | 203 | CB | 131 242 | 83 F2 | ||
EUC-JP (plain)[3] | 164 210 | A4 D2 | 165 210 | A5 D2 | 142 203 | 8E CB | ||||
EUC-JIS-2004[4] | 164 210 | A4 D2 | 165 210 | A5 D2 | 142 203 | 8E CB | 166 244 | A6 F4 | ||
GB 18030[5] | 164 210 | A4 D2 | 165 210 | A5 D2 | 132 49 153 57 | 84 31 99 39 | 129 57 189 48 | 81 39 BD 30 | ||
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7] | 170 210 | AA D2 | 171 210 | AB D2 | ||||||
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8] | 198 214 | C6 D6 | 199 106 | C7 6A | ||||||
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9] | 199 89 | C7 59 | 199 206 | C7 CE |
Preview | び | ビ | ぴ | ピ | ||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER BI | KATAKANA LETTER BI | HIRAGANA LETTER PI | KATAKANA LETTER PI | ||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 12403 | U+3073 | 12499 | U+30D3 | 12404 | U+3074 | 12500 | U+30D4 |
UTF-8 | 227 129 179 | E3 81 B3 | 227 131 147 | E3 83 93 | 227 129 180 | E3 81 B4 | 227 131 148 | E3 83 94 |
Numeric character reference | び | び | ビ | ビ | ぴ | ぴ | ピ | ピ |
Shift JIS[1] | 130 209 | 82 D1 | 131 114 | 83 72 | 130 210 | 82 D2 | 131 115 | 83 73 |
EUC-JP[3] | 164 211 | A4 D3 | 165 211 | A5 D3 | 164 212 | A4 D4 | 165 212 | A5 D4 |
GB 18030[5] | 164 211 | A4 D3 | 165 211 | A5 D3 | 164 212 | A4 D4 | 165 212 | A5 D4 |
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7] | 170 211 | AA D3 | 171 211 | AB D3 | 170 212 | AA D4 | 171 212 | AB D4 |
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8] | 198 215 | C6 D7 | 199 107 | C7 6B | 198 216 | C6 D8 | 199 108 | C7 6C |
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9] | 199 90 | C7 5A | 199 207 | C7 CF | 199 91 | C7 5B | 199 208 | C7 D0 |
In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ヒ can be written as small ㇶ to represent a final h sound after an i sound (イㇶ ih). Along with other extended katakana, this was developed to represent sounds in Ainu that are not present in standard Japanese.
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