# ヒ — katakana “hi”

ヒ is the katakana character for the sound “hi”. It is written with 2 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ひ.

- Reading: hi
- Strokes: 2
- Hiragana: ひ

## Words with ヒ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ヒーター | hiitaa | heater |
| ヒット | hitto | hit |
| ヒント | hinto | hint |
| ヒーロー | hiiroo | hero |
| コーヒー | koohii | coffee |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/katakana-chart/hi/. Last updated 2026-11-01.