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`一二三` in Japanese is read as `ichi ni san` to mean, `one two three`.

But it can also be read as `hifumi`. What does `hifumi` mean?

From <http://quest-for-japan.com/others/one-to-ten-in-japanese-2/> , it says
it could be a name.

There are also manga characters which abbreviated to `hi-fu-mi` too
(<http://change-123.wikia.com/wiki/HiFuMi>)

But what does `hifumi` actually mean? Where does it come from?
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Hifumi vs Ichi Ni San
So do you know ひとつ, ふたつ, みっつ and so on, the "traditional Japanese" version of
counting one to ten? "ひ, ふ, み, ..." (or "ひい, ふう, みい, ...") is just an
abbreviated version of this, and is occasionally used by some (older) people
to count things with fingers.

Today, ひふみ is also known as a rare Japanese person name (both as a first name
and a last name). [Hifumi
Kato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hifumi_Kat%C5%8D) is the only real example
I knew, but there is [a real baseball player whose last name is
Hifumi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%8C%E4%B8%89%E6%85%8E%E5%A4%AA).
Hifumi is probably more commonly found in fiction, for example [Hifumi
Yamada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Danganronpa_characters#Danganronpa:_Trigger_Happy_Havoc.5B1.5D)
and [Hifumi Takimoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Game!#Characters) are
relatively recent examples. Its "meaning" is nothing but "one-two-three", but
since this is an established proper noun, its meaning is no longer important.
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