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ヒ (hi), katakana basic

hi

ハ row · i column

katakanabasic2 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Words with ヒ

heater
hint

How to remember it

A short upper stroke meets a lower stroke that turns right. Picture the outline of a heel: hi, with the Japanese i vowel.

Where it comes from

ヒ comes from the right side of 比. Hiragana ひ uses the same source through cursive writing.