Ho (kana)

ho
hiragana
japanese hiragana ho		 katakana
japanese katakana ho
transliterationho
translit. with dakutenbo
translit. with handakutenpo
hiragana origin保
katakana origin保
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 mora was historically pronounced as "po".
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wiri(yi)mihinichishikii
(wu)ruyumufunutsusukuu
were(ye)mehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo
n
Kana modifiers and marks
Multi-moraic kana

ほ, in hiragana, or ホ 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 ほ ホ
hou
hoo
hō 		ほう
ほお, ほぉ
ほー 		ホウ
ホオ, ホォ
ホー
Addition dakuten b-
(ぼ行 ba-gyō) 		bo ぼ ボ
bou
boo
bō 		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 ぽ ポ
pou
poo
pō 		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

Stroke order

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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

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  • Full Braille representation
ほ / ホ in Japanese Braille
ほ / ホ
ho		 ぼ / ボ
bo		 ぽ / ポ
po		 ほう / ホー
hō		 ぼう / ボー
bō		 ぽう / ポー
pō		 Other kana based on Braille ほ
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 ほ ホ ﾎ ㇹ ㋭
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER HO KATAKANA LETTER HO HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HO KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HO CIRCLED KATAKANA HO
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12411 U+307B 12507 U+30DB 65422 U+FF8E 12793 U+31F9 13037 U+32ED
UTF-8 227 129 187 E3 81 BB 227 131 155 E3 83 9B 239 190 142 EF BE 8E 227 135 185 E3 87 B9 227 139 173 E3 8B AD
Numeric character reference ほ ほ ホ ホ ﾎ ﾎ ㇹ ㇹ ㋭ ㋭
Shift JIS (plain)[1] 130 217 82 D9 131 122 83 7A 206 CE
Shift JIS-2004[2] 130 217 82 D9 131 122 83 7A 206 CE 131 245 83 F5
EUC-JP (plain)[3] 164 219 A4 DB 165 219 A5 DB 142 206 8E CE
EUC-JIS-2004[4] 164 219 A4 DB 165 219 A5 DB 142 206 8E CE 166 247 A6 F7
GB 18030[5] 164 219 A4 DB 165 219 A5 DB 132 49 154 50 84 31 9A 32 129 57 189 51 81 39 BD 33
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7] 170 219 AA DB 171 219 AB DB
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8] 198 223 C6 DF 199 115 C7 73
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9] 199 98 C7 62 199 215 C7 D7
Character information
Preview ぼ ボ ぽ ポ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER BO KATAKANA LETTER BO HIRAGANA LETTER PO KATAKANA LETTER PO
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12412 U+307C 12508 U+30DC 12413 U+307D 12509 U+30DD
UTF-8 227 129 188 E3 81 BC 227 131 156 E3 83 9C 227 129 189 E3 81 BD 227 131 157 E3 83 9D
Numeric character reference ぼ ぼ ボ ボ ぽ ぽ ポ ポ
Shift JIS[1] 130 218 82 DA 131 123 83 7B 130 219 82 DB 131 124 83 7C
EUC-JP[3] 164 220 A4 DC 165 220 A5 DC 164 221 A4 DD 165 221 A5 DD
GB 18030[5] 164 220 A4 DC 165 220 A5 DC 164 221 A4 DD 165 221 A5 DD
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7] 170 220 AA DC 171 220 AB DC 170 221 AA DD 171 221 AB DD
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8] 198 224 C6 E0 199 116 C7 74 198 225 C6 E1 199 117 C7 75
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9] 199 99 C7 63 199 216 C7 D8 199 100 C7 64 199 217 C7 D9

References

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  1. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  2. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  4. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  6. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  7. ^ a b Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  8. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  9. ^ a b van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
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