Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 cursive sōsho style.
Syllable [ edit ] ほ (romaji ho
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 [ edit ] See also [ edit ] (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 ] Counter [ edit ] ほ • (-ho
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