ほ

See also: は

Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁあ゙	かゕがか゚	さざさ゚	ただた゚	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎわ゙	んん゙
いぃい゙	きぎき゚	しじし゚	ちぢち゚	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ𛅐ゐ゙
うぅゔう゚	くぐく゚	すずす゚	つっづつ゚	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇえ゙	けゖげけ゚	せぜせ゚	てでて゚	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ𛅑ゑ゙
おぉお゙	こ𛄲ごこ゚	そぞそ゚	とどと゚	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を𛅒を゙
Additional symbols ーゝゞゝ゚ゟ

Syllable

ほ

1. The katakana syllable at は行お段 (row , section ) in a gojūon table.

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Etymology

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

Hiragana character

1. The /ho/ syllable.
2. The thirtieth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is へ and the next character is ま. The equivalent katakana character is ホ.

Related terms

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

Derived terms

• ぼ (bo)
• ぽ (po)