ほ

Character	ほ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER HO
Unicode block	Hiragana
Codepoint	U+307B

See also: は

§Japanese

Stroke order

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

§Syllable

ほ (Hepburn romanization ho)

1. The hiragana syllable ほ (ho), whose equivalent in katakana is ホ (ho). It is the thirtieth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is は行お段 (HA-gyō, O-dan; “row HA, section O”).

§Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ほ (ho) see: Special:Allpages/ほ

§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

§Counter

ほ (romaji -ho)

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