Ho (kana)

ho
hiragana katakana
transliteration	ho
hiragana origin	保
katakana origin	保

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

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ほ

Stroke order in writing ホ

Stroke order in writing ほ

Stroke order in writing ホ

Other representations

• Computer encodings

Character	ほ		ホ		ﾎ		ㇹ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER HO		KATAKANA LETTER HO		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HO		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HO
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12411	U+307B	12507	U+30DB	65422	U+FF8E	12793	U+31F9
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
Numeric character reference	ほ	ほ	ホ	ホ	ﾎ	ﾎ	ㇹ	ㇹ
Shift JIS	130 217	82 D9	131 122	83 7A	206	CE

Character	ぼ		ボ		ぽ		ポ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER BO		KATAKANA LETTER BO		HIRAGANA LETTER PO		KATAKANA LETTER PO
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	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	ぼ	ぼ	ボ	ボ	ぽ	ぽ	ポ	ポ
Shift JIS	130 218	82 DA	131 123	83 7B	130 219	82 DB	131 124	83 7C

• Braille

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

• Japanese semaphore