Ho (kana)

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
hou
hoo
hō, hoh
hu		 ほう
ほお, ほぉ
ほー
ほぅ		 ホウ
ホオ, ホォ
ホー
ホゥ
Addition dakuten b-
(ぼ行 ba-gyō)		 bo ぼ ボ
bou
boo
bō, boh		 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, poh		 ぽう, ぽぅ
ぽお, ぽぉ
ぽー		 ポウ, ポゥ
ポオ, ポォ
ポー
Other additional forms
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
hu ほぅ ホゥ
ho
transliterationho
hiragana origin保
katakana origin保
spelling kana保険のホ Hoken no "ho"
unicodeU+307B, U+30DB
braille
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wirimihinichishikii
ruyumufunutsusukuu
weremehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo

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

Other communicative representations
  • 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
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
Character information
Previewほホﾎㇹ㋭
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER HOKATAKANA LETTER HOHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HOKATAKANA LETTER SMALL HOCIRCLED KATAKANA HO
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12411U+307B12507U+30DB65422U+FF8E12793U+31F913037U+32ED
UTF-8227 129 187E3 81 BB227 131 155E3 83 9B239 190 142EF BE 8E227 135 185E3 87 B9227 139 173E3 8B AD
Numeric character referenceほほホホﾎﾎㇹㇹ㋭㋭
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 21782 D9131 12283 7A206CE
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 21782 D9131 12283 7A206CE131 24583 F5
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 219A4 DB165 219A5 DB142 2068E CE
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 219A4 DB165 219A5 DB142 2068E CE166 247A6 F7
GB 18030[5]164 219A4 DB165 219A5 DB132 49 154 5084 31 9A 32129 57 189 5181 39 BD 33
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 219AA DB171 219AB DB
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 223C6 DF199 115C7 73
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 98C7 62199 215C7 D7
Character information
Previewぼボぽポ
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER BOKATAKANA LETTER BOHIRAGANA LETTER POKATAKANA LETTER PO
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12412U+307C12508U+30DC12413U+307D12509U+30DD
UTF-8227 129 188E3 81 BC227 131 156E3 83 9C227 129 189E3 81 BD227 131 157E3 83 9D
Numeric character referenceぼぼボボぽぽポポ
Shift JIS[1]130 21882 DA131 12383 7B130 21982 DB131 12483 7C
EUC-JP[3]164 220A4 DC165 220A5 DC164 221A4 DD165 221A5 DD
GB 18030[5]164 220A4 DC165 220A5 DC164 221A4 DD165 221A5 DD
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 220AA DC171 220AB DC170 221AA DD171 221AB DD
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 224C6 E0199 116C7 74198 225C6 E1199 117C7 75
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 99C7 63199 216C7 D8199 100C7 64199 217C7 D9
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References
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  2. Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".
  3. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  4. Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".
  5. Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  6. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  7. Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  8. Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
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