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    <periodOfReport>2025-02-18</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FHB</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Dods Christopher L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>999 BISHOP STREET, 8TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HONOLULU</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>HI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>96813</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VICE CH &amp; CHIEF OPERATING OFCR</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-02-18</value>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>17077</value>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>85268</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-02-18</value>
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                    <value>5696</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>27.79</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>79572</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of common stock of First Hawaiian, Inc. (&quot;Common Stock&quot;) underlying performance share units granted in 2022 and earned based on the satisfaction of performance-based vesting requirements over a three-year performance period ending on December 31, 2024 and continued employment through the determination date.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of First Hawaiian, Inc. determined and approved the amount of Common Stock earned in respect of such performance share units on February 18, 2025 and such performance share units will be settled in shares of Common Stock no later than March 20, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares of Common Stock withheld to satisfy withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of the Common Stock underlying the performance share units described in footnote 1 above.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Lisa Kamibayashi as Attorney-In-Fact for Christopher L. Dods</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-02-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
