Hiragana Image: | ひ 教科書体.svg |
Katakana Image: | Japanese Katakana kyokashotai HI.svg |
Transliteration: | hi |
Hiragana Manyogana: | 比 |
Katakana Manyogana: | 比 |
Other Manyogana: | 比 必 卑 賓 日 氷 飯 負 嬪 臂 避 匱 非 悲 斐 火 肥 飛 樋 干 乾 彼 被 秘 |
Dakuten Manyogana: | 婢 鼻 弥 備 肥 飛 乾 眉 媚 |
Unicode: | U+3072, U+30D2 |
Flag1: | 1 |
Flag2: | 7 |
Spelling: | 飛行機のヒ Hikōki no "hi" |
Footnote: | This mora was historically pronounced as "pi" with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged. |
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 pronounced as //hi// although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is pronounced as /ja/. 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 |
| |
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 |
| |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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.