Ho (kana)


, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are made in four strokes and both represent. In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ホ can be written as small ㇹ to represent a final h sound after an o sound.
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal h-
ho
Normal h-
hou
hoo
, hoh
hu
ほう
ほお, ほぉ
ほー
ほぅ
ホウ
ホオ, ホォ
ホー
ホゥ
Addition dakuten b-
bo
Addition dakuten b-
bou
boo
, boh
ぼう, ぼぅ
ぼお, ぼぉ
ぼー
ボウ, ボゥ
ボオ, ボォ
ボー
Addition handakuten p-
po
Addition handakuten p-
pou
poo
, poh
ぽう, ぽぅ
ぽお, ぽぉ
ぽー
ポウ, ポゥ
ポオ, ポォ
ポー

Stroke order

Other communicative representations