ほ

See also: は, ぼ, and ぽ

ほ U+307B, ほ HIRAGANA LETTER HO ← ぺ [U+307A] Hiragana ぼ → [U+307C]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

ほ • (ho) 

1. The hiragana syllable ほ (ho). Its equivalent in katakana is ホ (ho). It is the thirtieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行お段 (ha-gyō o-dan, “row ha, section o”).

Derived terms

• ぼ (bo)
• ぽ (po)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
穂

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *po.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Noun

ほ • (ho) ^{←ほ (fo)?}

1. ear of grain
2. (calligraphy) tip of a brush

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
帆

Noun

ほ • (ho) 

1. sail

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of ほ – see the following entries.

【歩】2 [counter] steps [noun] a step (as in footstep)

【舗】S [counter] folded texts, especially maps [noun] shop

(This term, ほ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ほ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ほ.)