へ (he), hiragana basic
へ
he
は row · e column
hiraganabasic1 stroke
Stroke order
Pronunciation
Usually pronounced he. When へ marks the direction of movement, it is pronounced e.
katakana counterpart
Variants
Similar characters
Words with へ
部屋へやroom
辺へんarea; vicinity
下手へたbad at; unskilled
How to remember it
へOne stroke rises and falls like a hill. Imagine heading up that hill: he. As a direction particle, へ is pronounced e.
Where it comes from
部へ
へ is traced to a simplified handwritten form of 部. Hiragana へ and katakana ヘ have almost identical modern shapes.