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| transliteration | ho | ||
| 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" | ||
| unicode | U+307B, U+30DB | ||
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| Note: This syllable was historically pronounced as "Po". | |||
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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 |
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| 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 |
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