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 [ho]. 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 (オㇹ oh).

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal h-
(ほ行 ha-gyō)
ho
hou
hoo
ほう
ほお, ほぉ
ほー
ホウ
ホオ, ホォ
ホー
Addition dakuten b-
(ぼ行 ba-gyō)
bo
bou
boo
ぼう, ぼぅ
ぼお, ぼぉ
ぼー
ボウ, ボゥ
ボオ, ボォ
ボー
Addition handakuten p-
(ぽ行 pa-gyō)
po
pou
poo
ぽう, ぽぅ
ぽお, ぽぉ
ぽー
ポウ, ポゥ
ポオ, ポォ
ポー
Other additional forms
Form (hw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
hwa ほぁ, ほゎ ホァ, ホヮ
hwi ほぃ ホィ
(hu, hwu) ほぅ ホゥ
hwe ほぇ ホェ
hwo ほぅぉ ホゥォ
ho
hiragana
japanese hiragana ho
katakana
japanese katakana ho
transliterationho
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana凡 方 抱 朋 倍 保 宝 富 百 帆 穂 本
Voiced Man'yōgana煩 菩 番 蕃
spelling kana保険のホ Hoken no "ho"
unicodeU+307B, U+30DB
braille⠮
Note: This syllable was historically pronounced as "Po".

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ほ
Stroke order in writing ほ
Stroke order in writing ホ
Stroke order in writing ホ
Stroke order in writing ほ
Stroke order in writing ホ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
ほ / ホ in Japanese Braille
ほ / ホ
ho
ぼ / ボ
bo
ぽ / ポ
po
ほう / ホー
ぼう / ボー
ぽう / ポー
Other kana based on Braille
ひょ / ヒョ
hyo
びょ / ビョ
byo
ぴょ / ピョ
pyo
ひょう / ヒョー
hyō
びょう / ビョー
byō
ぴょう / ピョー
pyō
⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER HO KATAKANA LETTER HO HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HO KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HO CIRCLED KATAKANA HO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12411U+307B12507U+30DB65422U+FF8E12793U+31F913037U+32ED
UTF-8227 129 187E3 81 BB227 131 155E3 83 9B239 190 142EF BE 8E227 135 185E3 87 B9227 139 173E3 8B AD
Numeric character referenceほほホホホホㇹㇹ㋭㋭
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 21782 D9131 12283 7A206CE
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 21782 D9131 12283 7A206CE131 24583 F5
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 219A4 DB165 219A5 DB142 2068E CE
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 219A4 DB165 219A5 DB142 2068E CE166 247A6 F7
GB 18030[5]164 219A4 DB165 219A5 DB132 49 154 5084 31 9A 32129 57 189 5181 39 BD 33
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 219AA DB171 219AB DB
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 223C6 DF199 115C7 73
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 98C7 62199 215C7 D7
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER BO KATAKANA LETTER BO HIRAGANA LETTER PO KATAKANA LETTER PO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12412U+307C12508U+30DC12413U+307D12509U+30DD
UTF-8227 129 188E3 81 BC227 131 156E3 83 9C227 129 189E3 81 BD227 131 157E3 83 9D
Numeric character referenceぼぼボボぽぽポポ
Shift JIS[1]130 21882 DA131 12383 7B130 21982 DB131 12483 7C
EUC-JP[3]164 220A4 DC165 220A5 DC164 221A4 DD165 221A5 DD
GB 18030[5]164 220A4 DC165 220A5 DC164 221A4 DD165 221A5 DD
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 220AA DC171 220AB DC170 221AA DD171 221AB DD
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 224C6 E0199 116C7 74198 225C6 E1199 117C7 75
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 99C7 63199 216C7 D8199 100C7 64199 217C7 D9

References

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