ひ

See also: び and ぴ

ひ U+3072, ひ HIRAGANA LETTER HI ← ぱ [U+3071] Hiragana び → [U+3073]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çi]

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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ひ • (hi) 

1. The hiragana syllable ひ (hi). Its equivalent in katakana is ヒ (hi). It is the twenty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行い段 (ha-gyō i-dan, “row ha, section i”).

Derived terms

• び (bi)
• ぴ (pi)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Prefix

ひ • (hi-) 

1. (emphatic, before an adjective, no longer productive) indeed, truly

   ‎ひ + ‎弱い (yowai) → ‎ひ弱い (hiyowai)

Etymology 3

Interjection

ひ • (hi) 

1. (onomatopoeia) A shriek, as when recoiling in fear or disgust.

Related terms

• ひぎぃ (higī)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of ひ – see the following entries.

【費】5 [suffix] cost, fee

【灯】4 [noun] a light, lamp

【比】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 譬

【非】5 [prefix] negative prefix: in-, non-, un- [noun] evil, wrong, wrongdoing

【否】6 [noun] no

【妃】S [noun] a queen consort or princess consort

【日】1 [noun] 陽: the sun [noun] 陽: sunlight, sunshine [noun] 陽: 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 陽

【火】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

【梭】H [noun] (weaving) shuttle Alternative spelling 杼

【氷】3 [noun] ice (frozen water) [noun] hail (precipitated ice) Alternative spelling 冰

【丕】H [proper noun] an orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 丕, Pi

(This term, ひ (hi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ひ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひ.

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 陽.)