Hi (kana)

hi
hiragana katakana
transliteration	hi
hiragana origin	比
katakana origin	比

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.

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 katakana.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō)	Hi	ひ	ヒ
	Hii Hī	ひい, ひぃ ひー	ヒイ, ヒィ ヒー
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō)	Bi	び	ビ
	Bii Bī	びい, びぃ びー	ビイ, ビィ ビー
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō)	Pi	ぴ	ピ
	Pii pī	ぴい, ぴぃ ぴー	ピイ, ピィ ピー

Other additional forms
Form A (Hy-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana Hya ひゃ ヒャ Hyi ひぃ ヒィ Hyu ひゅ ヒュ ヒュージュ Hyūju Huge Hye ひぇ ヒェ 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 ワイドビュー Waidobyū Wideview Bye びぇ ビェ 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 コンピューター Konpyūtā Computer Pye ぴぇ ピェ Pyo ぴょ ピョ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ひ

Stroke order in writing ヒ (the first stroke may also be written from left to right [1])