He (kana)
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へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which represents one mora. The he sound is the only sound that is written identically in hiragana and katakana and therefore confusable according to the Unicode Standard. In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ヘ can be written as small ㇸ to represent a final h after an e sound (エㇸ eh).
More information Forms, Rōmaji ...
Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana | Example words (with kanji) |
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Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) |
he | へ | ヘ |
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hei hee hē |
へい, へぃ へえ, へぇ へー |
ヘイ, ヘィ ヘエ, ヘェ ヘー | ||
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) |
be | べ | ベ |
|
bei bee bē |
べい, べぃ べえ, べぇ べー |
ベイ, ベィ ベエ, ベェ ベー | ||
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) |
pe | ぺ | ペ |
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pei pee pē |
ぺい, ぺぃ ぺえ, ぺぇ ぺー |
ペイ, ペィ ペエ, ペェ ペー |
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Quick Facts transliteration, hiragana origin ...
he | |||
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transliteration | He | ||
hiragana origin | 部 | ||
katakana origin | 部 | ||
Man'yōgana | 平 反 返 弁 弊 陛 遍 覇 部 辺 重 隔 閉 倍 陪 拝 戸 経 | ||
Voiced Man'yōgana | 弁 便 別 部 倍 毎 | ||
spelling kana | 平和のヘ Heiwa no "he" | ||
unicode | U+3078, U+30D8 | ||
braille | |||
pronunciation | he | ||
Note: This syllable was historically pronounced as "Pe", with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged |
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