Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable [ edit ]
ほ • (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 𛄲 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 , 𛀆 , ゆ ゅ , 𛀁 , よ ょ , ら ら゚ , り り゚ , る る゚ , れ れ゚ , ろ ろ゚ , わ ゎ わ゙ , ゐ 𛅐 ゐ゙ , 𛄟 , ゑ 𛅑 ゑ゙ , を 𛅒 を゙ , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
ほ • (ho ) ←ほ ( fo ) ?
ear of grain
( calligraphy ) tip of a brush
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
ほ • (ho )
sail
Etymology 4 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of ほ – see the following entries.
【歩 】 2
[counter] steps
[noun] a step (as in footstep)
【舗 】 S
[counter] folded texts, especially maps
[noun] shop
(This term, ほ , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ほ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ほ .)
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