Also known as HIRAGANA LETTER HI, hi
Hiragana letter Hi (U+3072)
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Encyclopedic overview
Transliterationhi Translit. with dakutenbi Translit. with handakutenpi Hiragana origin比 Katakana origin比 Man'yōgana比 必 卑 賓 日 氷 飯 負 嬪 臂 避 匱 非 悲 斐 火 肥 飛 樋 干 乾 彼 被 秘 Voiced man'yōgana婢 鼻 弥 備 肥 飛 乾 眉 媚 Spelling kana飛行機のヒ Hikōki no "hi" UnicodeU+3072, U+30D2 Braille Note: This mora was historically pronounced as "pi" with one of two different vowel sounds, which later merged.
Kana modifiers and marks
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ひ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.