ひ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Descendants 2.3 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
ひ Unicode: U+3072Katakana: ヒHepburn romanization: hiNihon-shiki romanization: hiPolivanov cyrillization: хиJapanese braille: ⠧

[edit] Syllable

ひ

1. The hiragana syllable at は行い段 (row HA, section I) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 比 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

ひ (romaji hi)

1. The /hi/ syllable.
2. The twenty-seventh character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is は and the next character is ふ. The equivalent katakana character is ヒ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ひ (hi) see: Special:Allpages/ひ

[edit] Descendants

• び (bi)
• ぴ (pi)

[edit] Noun

ひ (romaji hi)

1. 日: day, sunshine
2. 火: fire
3. 非: fault
4. 比: fraction, ratio