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| Transliteration | hi | ||
| Translit. withdakuten | bi | ||
| Translit. with handakuten | pi | ||
| 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 | ||
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| Note: This mora was historically pronounced as "pi" with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged. | |||
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Hi (hiragana: ひ,katakana: ヒ) is one of the Japanesekana, which each represent onemora. Both can be written in two strokes, sometimes one for hiragana, and both are phonemically/hi/ although forphonological 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 (withkanji) |
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| Normalh- (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 | ||
| Additionyōonhy- (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 |
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| 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 | ||
| Additiondakutenb- (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 dakutenby- (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 | ||
| Additionhandakutenp- (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 handakutenpy- (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 |
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| 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 |
| ひ / ヒ inJapanese 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 theAinu language, ヒ can be written as small ㇶ to represent a final h sound after ani 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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