, 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
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⠯
pronunciationhe
Note: This syllable was historically pronounced as "Pe", with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged
FormsRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaExample 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 edit

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

Other communicative representations edit

  • 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 nameHIRAGANA LETTER HEKATAKANA LETTER HEHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HEKATAKANA LETTER SMALL HECIRCLED KATAKANA HE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12408U+307812504U+30D865421U+FF8D12792U+31F813036U+32EC
UTF-8227 129 184E3 81 B8227 131 152E3 83 98239 190 141EF BE 8D227 135 184E3 87 B8227 139 172E3 8B AC
Numeric character referenceへへヘヘヘヘㇸㇸ㋬㋬
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 21482 D6131 11983 77205CD
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 21482 D6131 11983 77205CD131 24483 F4
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 216A4 D8165 216A5 D8142 2058E CD
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 216A4 D8165 216A5 D8142 2058E CD166 246A6 F6
GB 18030[5]164 216A4 D8165 216A5 D8132 49 154 4984 31 9A 31129 57 189 5081 39 BD 32
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 216AA D8171 216AB D8
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 220C6 DC199 112C7 70
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 95C7 5F199 212C7 D4
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER BEKATAKANA LETTER BEHIRAGANA LETTER PEKATAKANA LETTER PE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12409U+307912505U+30D912410U+307A12506U+30DA
UTF-8227 129 185E3 81 B9227 131 153E3 83 99227 129 186E3 81 BA227 131 154E3 83 9A
Numeric character referenceべべベベぺぺペペ
Shift JIS[1]130 21582 D7131 12083 78130 21682 D8131 12183 79
EUC-JP[3]164 217A4 D9165 217A5 D9164 218A4 DA165 218A5 DA
GB 18030[5]164 217A4 D9165 217A5 D9164 218A4 DA165 218A5 DA
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 217AA D9171 217AB D9170 218AA DA171 218AB DA
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 221C6 DD199 113C7 71198 222C6 DE199 114C7 72
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 96C7 60199 213C7 D5199 97C7 61199 214C7 D6

References edit

  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.