Ho (hiragana: ほ, katakana: ホ) 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 (オㇹ oh).
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal h-(ほ行 ha-gyō)hoほホhouhoohō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bouboobō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poupoopōぽう, ぽぅぽお, ぽぉぽーポウ, ポゥポオ, ポォポー Other additional formsForm (hw-)RomajiHiraganaKatakanahwa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
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Other communicative representations
Braille forms 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
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