Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
ほ • (ho)
- 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
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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of ほ – see the following entries.
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- [counter] folded texts, especially maps
- [noun] shop
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(This term, ほ (ho), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ほ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ほ.)
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