He (kana)

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, in hiragana, or 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]).

he
hiragana
japanese hiragana he
katakana
japanese katakana he
transliterationhe
translit. with dakutenbe
translit. with handakutenpe
hiragana origin
katakana origin
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"
unicodeU+3078, U+30D8
braille⠯
Note: This mora was historically pronounced as "pe", with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged.

It is usually pronounced [he] with the aspirate [h] before its vowel. It is also often used as a grammatical particle indicating direction, which makes only the vowel sound [e].

Though the two forms へ and ヘ are usually rendered with a small difference between them, in order to match better with the appearance of other hiragana or katakana characters, they can often be rendered identically. A reader is not expected to distinguish one from the other without contextual clues.

Forms Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana Example words (with kanji)
Normal h-
(は行 ha-gyō)
he
  • へび hebi 蛇 snake
  • へる heru 減る abate/decrease
  • へんか henka 変化 change/modification
  • へい hei 塀 wall
  • へいあん heian 平安 tranquility
hei
hee
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
  • かべ kabe 壁 wall
  • べんきょう benkyō 勉強 studying
  • ベッド beddo bed
  • なんべい nanbei 南米 South America
bei
bee
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
  • いっぺん ippen 一辺 on a side
  • ペルー perū Peru
pei
pee
ぺい, ぺぃ
ぺえ, ぺぇ
ぺー
ペイ, ペィ
ペエ, ペェ
ペー

Stroke order

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The stroke order is identical between hiragana and katakana.

 
Stroke order in writing へ
 
Stroke order in writing ヘ
 
Stroke order in writing へ
 
Stroke order in writing ヘ

Other communicative representations

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  • Full Braille representation
へ / ヘ in Japanese Braille
へ / ヘ
he
べ / ベ
be
ぺ / ペ
pe
へい / ヘー
/hei
べい / ベー
/bei
ぺい / ペー
/pei
                  
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER HE KATAKANA LETTER HE HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HE KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HE CIRCLED KATAKANA HE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12408 U+3078 12504 U+30D8 65421 U+FF8D 12792 U+31F8 13036 U+32EC
UTF-8 227 129 184 E3 81 B8 227 131 152 E3 83 98 239 190 141 EF BE 8D 227 135 184 E3 87 B8 227 139 172 E3 8B AC
Numeric character reference へ へ ヘ ヘ ヘ ヘ ㇸ ㇸ ㋬ ㋬
Shift JIS (plain)[1] 130 214 82 D6 131 119 83 77 205 CD
Shift JIS-2004[2] 130 214 82 D6 131 119 83 77 205 CD 131 244 83 F4
EUC-JP (plain)[3] 164 216 A4 D8 165 216 A5 D8 142 205 8E CD
EUC-JIS-2004[4] 164 216 A4 D8 165 216 A5 D8 142 205 8E CD 166 246 A6 F6
GB 18030[5] 164 216 A4 D8 165 216 A5 D8 132 49 154 49 84 31 9A 31 129 57 189 50 81 39 BD 32
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7] 170 216 AA D8 171 216 AB D8
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8] 198 220 C6 DC 199 112 C7 70
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9] 199 95 C7 5F 199 212 C7 D4
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER BE KATAKANA LETTER BE HIRAGANA LETTER PE KATAKANA LETTER PE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12409 U+3079 12505 U+30D9 12410 U+307A 12506 U+30DA
UTF-8 227 129 185 E3 81 B9 227 131 153 E3 83 99 227 129 186 E3 81 BA 227 131 154 E3 83 9A
Numeric character reference べ べ ベ ベ ぺ ぺ ペ ペ
Shift JIS[1] 130 215 82 D7 131 120 83 78 130 216 82 D8 131 121 83 79
EUC-JP[3] 164 217 A4 D9 165 217 A5 D9 164 218 A4 DA 165 218 A5 DA
GB 18030[5] 164 217 A4 D9 165 217 A5 D9 164 218 A4 DA 165 218 A5 DA
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7] 170 217 AA D9 171 217 AB D9 170 218 AA DA 171 218 AB DA
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8] 198 221 C6 DD 199 113 C7 71 198 222 C6 DE 199 114 C7 72
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9] 199 96 C7 60 199 213 C7 D5 199 97 C7 61 199 214 C7 D6

See Also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  2. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  4. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  6. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  7. ^ a b Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  8. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  9. ^ a b van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.