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U+3072, ひ
HIRAGANA LETTER HI

[U+3071]
Hiragana
[U+3073]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çi]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

• (hi

  1. The hiragana syllable (hi). Its equivalent in katakana is (hi). It is the twenty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ha-gyō i-dan, row ha, section i).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Prefix

• (hi-

  1. (emphatic, before an adjective, no longer productive) indeed, truly
    + ‎弱い (yowai) → ‎ひ弱い (hiyowai)

Etymology 3

Interjection

• (hi

  1. (onomatopoeia) A shriek, as when recoiling in fear or disgust.
  • ひぎぃ (higī)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
5
[suffix] cost, fee
4
[noun] a light, lamp
5
[noun] a ratio
[affix] comparison, match, equal
[affix] ratio
[affix] abbreviation of 比律賓 (Firipin, the Philippines) (フィリピン)
Alternative spelling
5
[prefix] negative prefix: in-, non-, un-
[noun] evil, wrong, wrongdoing
6
[noun] no
S
[noun] a queen consort or princess consort
1
[noun] : the sun
[noun] : sunlight, sunshine
[noun] : daytime, daylight
[noun] a day
[noun] time and date
[noun] a daily (something done every day)
[noun] the weather
[noun] a (usually unfortunate) case, event, situation
[noun] the times (age, era, or time in the past)
[noun] an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day
[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) with a sun-shaped design
Alternative spelling
1
[noun] a fire:
[noun] a flame
[noun] cooking fire
[noun] a firestarter
[noun] sparks
[noun] light (matches or lighter)
[noun] heat
[noun] a conflagration
[noun] a signal fire
[noun] (by extension) a light
[noun] a burning passion
[noun] menstruation
H
[noun] (weaving) shuttle
Alternative spelling
3
[noun] ice (frozen water)
[noun] hail (precipitated ice)
Alternative spelling
H
[proper noun] an orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname , Pi
(This term, (hi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひ.)

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