は

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Hiragana character 2.1.1.1 Related terms 2.1.1.2 Descendants 2.1.2 See also 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Particle 2.2.3 See also 2.2.4 Noun 2.2.5 Kanji reading 2.2.5.1 Kun-reading of:

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
は Unicode: U+306FKatakana: ハHepburn romanization: ha, waNihon-shiki romanization: haPolivanov cyrillization: хаJapanese braille: ⠥

[edit] Syllable

は

1. The hiragana syllable at は行あ段 (row HA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 波 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

は (romaji ha)

1. The /ha/ syllable.
2. The twenty-sixth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is の and the next character is ひ. The equivalent katakana character is ハ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with は (ha) see: Special:Allpages/は

[edit] Descendants

• ば (ba)
• ぱ (pa)

[edit] See also

• Ha (kana) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ha (kana)

[edit] Etymology 2

/pa/ > /ɸa/ > /wa/.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [wa]. The historical spelling is retained despite the modern pronunciation

[edit] Particle

Wikipedia

は (romaji wa)

1. a particle that acts as a topic marker

[edit] See also

• は as a Japanese topic marker
• が: the subject marker
• Chinese: 是
• Korean: 은 (after a consonant), 는 (after a vowel)

[edit] Noun

は (romaji ha)

1. 歯: tooth
2. 刃: sword edge
3. 葉: leaf

[edit] Kanji reading

は (romaji ha)

[edit] Kun-reading of:

• 羽: feather
• 端: edge