へ

Character	へ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER HE
Codepoint	U+3078

See also ヘ

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /he/

Syllable

へ (Hepburn romanization he)

1. The hiragana syllable へ (he), whose equivalent in katakana is ヘ (he). It is the twenty-ninth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is は行え段 (HA-gyō, E-dan; “row HA, section E”).

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with へ (he) see: Special:Allpages/へ

Derived terms

• べ (be)
• ぺ (pe)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ ^[edit]

Particle

へ (romaji e)

1. (particle)

   へ (e) indicates a destination or movement toward something. When used in this sense, it is pronounced "e" instead of "he".

   • 日本へようこそ!

     にほんへようこそ!

     Nihon e yōkoso!

     Welcome to Japan!

   • 銀行へ行った。

     ぎんこうへいった。

     Ginkō e itta.

     [I] went to the bank.

Synonyms

• に (ni): into

  In the sense indicating destination, the particles へ (e) and に (ni) are often interchangeable, though there is a slight difference of connotation or emphasis. へ (e) emphasizes the journey to the destination, while に (ni) emphasizes the arrival or entering it. The distinction is not quite the same as between English to and into; に (ni) is usually best translated as to because に (ni), unlike English into, can refer to the journey in addition to the arrival or entering the destination.

Kanji reading

へ (romaji he)

Kun-reading of:

• 屁: fart
• 戸: house
• 綜: heddle of a loom
• 辺, 方: place, location, nearby
• 瓮: jar, jug
• 竈: cooking stove
• 舳: prow of a boat or ship