Hi (kana)

hi
hiragana katakana
transliteration	hi
hiragana origin	比
katakana origin	比

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 sound would be nearer to be transcribed "hyi" in ro-maji. The pronunciation of the voiceless palatal fricative [ç] is similar to that of the English word hue [çuː] for some speakers.

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 katakana.

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ひ

Stroke order in writing ヒ

Stroke order in writing ひ

Stroke order in writing ヒ (the first stroke may also be written from left to right )

Other representations

• Computer encodings

• Braille

ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille						H/B/P + Yōon braille
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
H/B/P + Yōon braille
ひゅ / ヒュ hyu	びゅ / ビュ byu	ぴゅ / ピュ pyu	���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

• Japanese semaphore

References

Look up ひ, び, or ぴ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Look up ヒ, ビ, or ピ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.