は
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| Character | は |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER HA |
| Codepoint | U+306F |
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 波 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [hä]
Syllable [edit]
は (Hepburn romanization ha)
- The hiragana syllable は (ha), whose equivalent in katakana is ハ (ha). It is the twenty-sixth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is は行あ段 (HA-gyō, A-dan; “row HA, section A”).
Related terms [edit]
- For a list of words starting with は (ha) see: Special:Allpages/は
Descendants [edit]
See also [edit]
Ha (kana) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ha (kana)- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2 [edit]
/pa/ > /ɸa/ > /wa/.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [wa]. The historical spelling is retained despite the modern pronunciation
Particle [edit]
は (romaji wa)
- a particle that acts as a topic marker
See also [edit]
- は as a Japanese topic marker
- が: the subject marker
Noun [edit]
は (romaji ha)
Kanji reading [edit]
は (romaji ha)
