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へ, direction

へ marks direction, and it is said 'e', not 'he'. With movement verbs it is close to interchangeable with に; へ leans slightly more towards 'towards' and に towards 'to'.

The mistake to avoid

Like は, this particle keeps an old pronunciation. へ is 'e' as a particle and 'he' inside a word.

Examples

とうきょうへ いきます。
I am going to Tokyo.
どちらへ。
Where are you off to?