He (kana)

Not to be confused with ᄾ.

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration	he
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	部
Katakana Man'yōgana	部
kana gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which represents one mora. The two ways of writing this mora are almost identical. Each is written in one stroke and represents [he]. The [he] sound is the only sound that is written identically in hiragana and katakana. 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).

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana	Example words (with kanji)
Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō)	he	へ	ヘ	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 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	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 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	いっぺん ippen 一辺 on a side ペルー perū Peru
	pei pee pē	ぺい, ぺぃ ぺえ, ぺぇ ぺー	ペイ, ペィ ペエ, ペェ ペー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing へ

Stroke order in writing ヘ