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Character  は 
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER HA
Codepoint U+306F
See also , , and

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Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology 1

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

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(Hepburn romanization ha)

  1. The hiragana syllable  (ha), whose equivalent in katakana is  (ha). It is the twenty-sixth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is (HA-gyō, A-dan; “row HA, section A”).
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[edit] Etymology 2

/pa/ > /ɸa/ > /wa/.

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

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Wikipedia

(romaji wa)

  1. a particle that acts as a topic marker

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[edit] Noun

(romaji ha)

  1. : tooth
  2. : sword edge
  3. : leaf

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(romaji ha)

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