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”).
(This term, ほ, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as ほ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ほ.)