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ひ (hi) – Hiragana


Pronunciation

– Pronounced as the Japanese ‘hi’. Sounds closest to the English word ‘he’.

About

ひ, in hiragana, or ヒ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

Mnemonics

Mnemonic 1: You can see two eyes and a nose of a man all tucked closely together. ‘He’ looks rather odd!

Mnemonic 2: This is a wound in a person’s flesh seen in cross-section. It needs to be closed up in order to heal (a plaster might help).

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