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ヒ (hi) – Katakana



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: The cartoon character He-Man is waving to his fans out of the window of a limo. His arm and one corner of the window are visible.

Mnemonic 2: This is a symbol of a man that has hurt his heel, so ‘he’ is sitting down.

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