ほ

See also: は, ぼ, and ぽ

Character	ほ U+307B, ほ
Name	HIRAGANA LETTER HO
Block	Hiragana
← ぺ [U+307A] [U+307C] ぼ →

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ほ ‎(romaji ho)

1. The hiragana syllable ほ ‎(ho). Its equivalent in katakana is ホ ‎(ho). It is the thirtieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行お段 ‎(ha-gyō o-dan, “row ha, section o”).

Derived terms

• ぼ ‎(bo)
• ぽ ‎(po)

See also

• (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

Counter

ほ ‎(romaji -ho)

1. 歩: steps
2. 舗: folded things, especially maps