# Ho (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
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Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 |
| Normal h- (ほ行 ha-gyō) | 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 |
| Addition dakuten b- (ぼ行 ba-gyō) | 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 |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぽ行 pa-gyō) | 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

| Stroke order in writing ほ | Stroke order in writing ホ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 保険のホ Hoken no "Ho" | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-2346 Japanese Braille |
* 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 | Other kana based on Braille ほ | Other kana based on Braille ほ | Other kana based on Braille ほ | Other kana based on Braille ほ | Other kana based on Braille ほ |
| ほ / ホ ho | ぼ / ボ bo | ぽ / ポ po | ほう / ホー hō | ぼう / ボー bō | ぽう / ポー pō | 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 |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | ほ | ほ | ホ | ホ | ﾎ | ﾎ | ㇹ | ㇹ | ㋭ | ㋭ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER HO | HIRAGANA LETTER HO | KATAKANA LETTER HO | KATAKANA LETTER HO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HO | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HO | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HO | CIRCLED KATAKANA 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 | &#12411; | &#x307B; | &#12507; | &#x30DB; | &#65422; | &#xFF8E; | &#12793; | &#x31F9; | &#13037; | &#x32ED; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 217 | 82 D9 | 131 122 | 83 7A | 206 | CE | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 217 | 82 D9 | 131 122 | 83 7A | 206 | CE | 131 245 | 83 F5 | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 219 | A4 DB | 165 219 | A5 DB | 142 206 | 8E CE | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 219 | A4 DB | 165 219 | A5 DB | 142 206 | 8E CE | 166 247 | A6 F7 | | |
| GB 18030 | 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 / UHC | 170 219 | AA DB | 171 219 | AB DB | | | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 223 | C6 DF | 199 115 | C7 73 | | | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 98 | C7 62 | 199 215 | C7 D7 | | | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | ぼ | ぼ | ボ | ボ | ぽ | ぽ | ポ | ポ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER BO | HIRAGANA LETTER BO | KATAKANA LETTER BO | KATAKANA LETTER BO | HIRAGANA LETTER PO | HIRAGANA LETTER PO | KATAKANA 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 | &#12412; | &#x307C; | &#12508; | &#x30DC; | &#12413; | &#x307D; | &#12509; | &#x30DD; |
| Shift JIS | 130 218 | 82 DA | 131 123 | 83 7B | 130 219 | 82 DB | 131 124 | 83 7C |
| EUC-JP | 164 220 | A4 DC | 165 220 | A5 DC | 164 221 | A4 DD | 165 221 | A5 DD |
| GB 18030 | 164 220 | A4 DC | 165 220 | A5 DC | 164 221 | A4 DD | 165 221 | A5 DD |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 220 | AA DC | 171 220 | AB DC | 170 221 | AA DD | 171 221 | AB DD |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 224 | C6 E0 | 199 116 | C7 74 | 198 225 | C6 E1 | 199 117 | C7 75 |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 99 | C7 63 | 199 216 | C7 D8 | 199 100 | C7 64 | 199 217 | C7 D9 |