# Hi (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 . 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) |
| Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) | hi | ひ | ヒ | ひ hi 日 sunlight ひ hi 火 flame ひかり hikari 光 shine/light ひと hito 人 human |
| Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) | hii, hyi hī | ひい, ひぃ ひー | ヒイ, ヒィ ヒー | ひ hi 日 sunlight ひ hi 火 flame ひかり hikari 光 shine/light ひと hito 人 human |
| Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) | hya | ひゃ | ヒャ | ひゃく hyaku 百 one hundred にひゃく nihyaku 二百 two hundred |
| Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) | hyaa hyā | ひゃあ, ひゃぁ ひゃー | ヒャア, ヒャァ ヒャー | ひゃく hyaku 百 one hundred にひゃく nihyaku 二百 two hundred |
| Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) | hyu | ひゅ | ヒュ | ひゅうが Hyūga 日向 Hyūga Province |
| Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) | hyuu hyū | ひゅう, ひゅぅ ひゅー | ヒュウ, ヒュゥ ヒュー | ひゅうが Hyūga 日向 Hyūga Province |
| Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) | hyo | ひょ | ヒョ | ひょう hyō 豹 panther ひょうへん hyōhen 豹変 sudden change ひょうき hyōki 表記 notation ひょうじょう hyōjō 表情 expression ひょっとして "hyottosuru/shite" Perhaps ひょんな "hyonna" unexpectedly |
| Addition yōon hy- (ひゃ行 hya-gyō) | 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 | ひょう hyō 豹 panther ひょうへん hyōhen 豹変 sudden change ひょうき hyōki 表記 notation ひょうじょう hyōjō 表情 expression ひょっとして "hyottosuru/shite" Perhaps ひょんな "hyonna" unexpectedly |
| Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) | bi | び | ビ | びん bin 瓶 bottle ビール bīru beer びせい bisei 美声 beautiful voice かびん kabin 過敏 sensitivity はなび hanabi 花火 fireworks |
| Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) | bii, byi bī | びい, びぃ びー | ビイ, ビィ ビー | びん bin 瓶 bottle ビール bīru beer びせい bisei 美声 beautiful voice かびん kabin 過敏 sensitivity はなび hanabi 花火 fireworks |
| Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) | bya | びゃ | ビャ | さんびゃく sanbyaku 三百 three hundred びゃくや byakuya 白夜 midnight sun びゃっこたい byakkotai 白虎隊 Byakkotai |
| Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) | byaa byā | びゃあ, びゃぁ びゃー | ビャア, ビャァ ビャー | さんびゃく sanbyaku 三百 three hundred びゃくや byakuya 白夜 midnight sun びゃっこたい byakkotai 白虎隊 Byakkotai |
| Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) | byu | びゅ | ビュ | ごびゅう gobyū 誤謬 mistake ワイドビュー waidobyū wide-view |
| Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) | byuu byū | びゅう, びゅぅ びゅー | ビュウ, ビュゥ ビュー | ごびゅう gobyū 誤謬 mistake ワイドビュー waidobyū wide-view |
| Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) | byo | びょ | ビョ | びょうき byōki 病気 sickness びょういん byōin 病院 hospital いちびょう ichibyō １秒 one second (of time) |
| Addition yōon and dakuten by- (びゃ行 bya-gyō) | 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 | びょうき byōki 病気 sickness びょういん byōin 病院 hospital いちびょう ichibyō １秒 one second (of time) |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) | pi | ぴ | ピ | ピン pin pin ピカソ Pikaso Picasso |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) | pii, pyi pī | ぴい, ぴぃ ぴー | ピイ, ピィ ピー | ピン pin pin ピカソ Pikaso Picasso |
| Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) | pya | ぴゃ | ピャ | ろっぴゃく roppyaku 六百 six hundred はっぴゃく happyaku 八百 eight hundred |
| Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) | pyaa pyā | ぴゃあ, ぴゃぁ ぴゃー | ピャア, ピャァ ピャー | ろっぴゃく roppyaku 六百 six hundred はっぴゃく happyaku 八百 eight hundred |
| Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) | pyu | ぴゅ | ピュ | コンピューター konpyūtā computer |
| Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) | pyuu pyū | ぴゅう, ぴゅぅ ぴゅー | ピュウ, ピュゥ ピュー | コンピューター konpyūtā computer |
| Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) | pyo | ぴょ | ピョ | ろんぴょう ronpyō 論評 comment かんぴょう kanpyō 干瓢 kanpyō はっぴょう happyō 発表 publication |
| Addition yōon and handakuten py- (ぴゃ行 pya-gyō) | 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 | ろんぴょう ronpyō 論評 comment かんぴょう kanpyō 干瓢 kanpyō はっぴょう happyō 発表 publication |
Other additional forms :
Form A (hy-) :
| Romaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| (hya) | (ひゃ) | (ヒャ) |
| (hyi) | (ひぃ) | (ヒィ) |
| (hyu) | (ひゅ) | (ヒュ) |
| hye hyei hyee hyē | ひぇ ひぇい, ひぇぃ ひぇえ ひぇー | ヒェ ヒェイ, ヒェィ ヒェエ, ヒェェ ヒェー |
| (hyo) | (ひょ) | (ヒョ) |
Form B (by-) :
| Romaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| (bya) | (びゃ) | (ビャ) |
| (byi) | (びぃ) | (ビィ) |
| (byu) | (びゅ) | (ビュ) |
| bye byei byee byē | びぇ びぇい, びぇぃ びぇえ びぇー | ビェ ビェイ, ビェィ ビェエ, ビェェ ビェー |
| (byo) | (びょ) | (ビョ) |
Form C (py-) :
| Romaji | Hiragana | Katagana |
| (pya) | (ぴゃ) | (ピャ) |
| (pyi) | (ぴぃ) | (ピィ) |
| (pyu) | (ぴゅ) | (ピュ) |
| pye pyei pyee pyē | ぴぇ ぴぇい, ぴぇぃ ぴぇえ ぴぇー | ピェ ピェイ, ピェィ ピェエ, ピェェ ピェー |
| (pyo) | (ぴょ) | (ピョ) |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing ひ | Stroke order in writing ヒ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 飛行機のヒ Hikōki no "Hi" | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-1236 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
| ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | ひ / ヒ in Japanese Braille | H/B/P + Yōon braille | H/B/P + Yōon braille | H/B/P + Yōon braille | H/B/P + Yōon braille | H/B/P + Yōon 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 | 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 |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | ひ | ひ | ヒ | ヒ | ﾋ | ﾋ | ㇶ | ㇶ | ㋪ | ㋪ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER HI | HIRAGANA LETTER HI | KATAKANA LETTER HI | KATAKANA LETTER HI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HI | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HI | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HI | CIRCLED KATAKANA 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 | &#12402; | &#x3072; | &#12498; | &#x30D2; | &#65419; | &#xFF8B; | &#12790; | &#x31F6; | &#13034; | &#x32EA; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 208 | 82 D0 | 131 113 | 83 71 | 203 | CB | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 208 | 82 D0 | 131 113 | 83 71 | 203 | CB | 131 242 | 83 F2 | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 210 | A4 D2 | 165 210 | A5 D2 | 142 203 | 8E CB | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 210 | A4 D2 | 165 210 | A5 D2 | 142 203 | 8E CB | 166 244 | A6 F4 | | |
| GB 18030 | 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 / UHC | 170 210 | AA D2 | 171 210 | AB D2 | | | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 214 | C6 D6 | 199 106 | C7 6A | | | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 89 | C7 59 | 199 206 | C7 CE | | | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | び | び | ビ | ビ | ぴ | ぴ | ピ | ピ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER BI | HIRAGANA LETTER BI | KATAKANA LETTER BI | KATAKANA LETTER BI | HIRAGANA LETTER PI | HIRAGANA LETTER PI | KATAKANA 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 | &#12403; | &#x3073; | &#12499; | &#x30D3; | &#12404; | &#x3074; | &#12500; | &#x30D4; |
| Shift JIS | 130 209 | 82 D1 | 131 114 | 83 72 | 130 210 | 82 D2 | 131 115 | 83 73 |
| EUC-JP | 164 211 | A4 D3 | 165 211 | A5 D3 | 164 212 | A4 D4 | 165 212 | A5 D4 |
| GB 18030 | 164 211 | A4 D3 | 165 211 | A5 D3 | 164 212 | A4 D4 | 165 212 | A5 D4 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 211 | AA D3 | 171 211 | AB D3 | 170 212 | AA D4 | 171 212 | AB D4 |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 215 | C6 D7 | 199 107 | C7 6B | 198 216 | C6 D8 | 199 108 | C7 6C |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 90 | C7 5A | 199 207 | C7 CF | 199 91 | C7 5B | 199 208 | C7 D0 |

## Use in the Ainu language

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.