ひ (hi), hiragana basic
ひ
hi
は row · i column
hiraganabasic1 stroke
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Variants
Words with ひ
昼ひるnoon; daytime
人ひとperson
百ひゃくhundred
How to remember it
ひA broad curve looks like a big smile. Imagine a happy face while saying hi with the Japanese i vowel, not English “hi.”
Where it comes from
比ひ
ひ developed from the cursive writing of 比, simplified into a broad curve.