ぽ

See also: は, ほ, and ぼ

ぽ U+307D, ぽ HIRAGANA LETTER PO Composition: ほ [U+307B] + ◌゚ [U+309A] ← ぼ [U+307C] Hiragana ま → [U+307E]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [po̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character ほ (ho) with a handakuten (ﾟ).

Syllable

ぽ (romaji po)

1. The hiragana syllable ぽ (po). Its equivalent in katakana is ポ (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

See っぽい (-ppoi).

Suffix

ぽ (rōmaji -po)

1. (informal, slang) Alternative form of っぽい, -like
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