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へ

Hiragana · Basic characters

へ he

When へ is the direction particle (“to”) it is pronounced “e”. The hiragana and katakana look almost identical.

Example word

へや

heya — room

In katakana

ヘ

ヘリコプター (herikoputā) — helicopter

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