Ha (hiragana: , katakana: ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both represent . They are also used as a grammatical particle (in such cases, they denote , including in the greeting "konnichi wa") and serve as the topic marker of the sentence. originates from 波 and from 八.
In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, the katakana can be written as small to represent a final h sound after an a sound (アㇵ ah). This, along with other extended katakana, was developed by Japanese linguists to represent sounds in Ainu not present in standard Japanese katakana.
When used as a particle, is pronounced as [wa]. is also pronounced as in some words (e.g. pronounced as mono no aware).
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal h-(は行 ha-gyō)haはハhaahāはあ, はぁはーハア, ハァハーAddition dakuten b-(ば行 ba-gyō)baばバbaabāばあ, ばぁばーバア, バァバーAddition handakuten p-(ぱ行 pa-gyō)paぱパpaapāぱあ, ぱぁぱーパア, パァパー
Stroke order
The Hiragana は is made with three strokes: A vertical line on the left side with a small curve. A horizontal stroke near the center. A vertical stroke on the right at the center of the second stroke followed by a loop near the end.
The Katakana ハ is made with two strokes: A straight stroke from the top pointing towards the bottom left. Another straight stroke going the opposite way, i.e. from the top to the bottom right
The hiragana は is read as "wa" when it represents a particle.
Other communicative representations
Braille forms
は / ハ in Japanese Braille は / ハ ha ば / バ ba ぱ / パ pa はあ / ハー hā ばあ / バー bā ぱあ / パー pā Other kana based on Braille は ひゃ / ヒャ hya びゃ / ビャ bya ぴゃ / ピャ pya ひゃあ / ヒャー hyā びゃあ / ビャー byā ぴゃあ / ピャー pyā
Computer encodings
See also Japanese grammar
References