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
, 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-
(ぼ行 ba-gyō)
bo
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-
(ぽ行 pa-gyō)
po
pou
poo
, poh
ぽう, ぽぅ
ぽお, ぽぉ
ぽー
ポウ, ポゥ
ポオ, ポォ
ポー
Other additional forms
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
hu ほぅ ホゥ
ho
hiragana
katakana
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 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
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER HOKATAKANA LETTER HOHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HOKATAKANA LETTER SMALL HOCIRCLED KATAKANA HO
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
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 nameHIRAGANA LETTER BOKATAKANA LETTER BOHIRAGANA LETTER POKATAKANA LETTER PO
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
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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