| Hiragana は | |
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| Profile | |
| Character | は |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ha |
| Section | H |
| Hiragana Man'yōgana | 波 |
| Stroke Number | 3 |
は, in hiragana, or ハ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both represent [ha]). They are also used as a grammatical particle (in such cases, they denote [wa], including in the greeting konnichi wa) and serve as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.
In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, the katakana ハ can be written as small ㇵ to represent a final h sound after an a sound (アㇵ ah).[1] This, along with other extended katakana, was developed by Japanese linguists to represent sounds in Ainu not present in standard Japanese katakana.
Form variants[]
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana |
|---|---|---|
| Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) |
ha | は |
| haa hā, hah |
はあ, はぁ はー | |
| Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) |
ba | ば |
| baa bā, bah |
ばあ, ばぁ ばー | |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) |
pa | ぱ |
| paa pā, pah |
ぱあ, ぱぁ ぱー |
Pronunciation[]
(Examples) Words with 'は'[]
'は' at the beginning[]
'は' in the middle[]
'は' at the end[]
Stroke order[]
 Stroke order in writing は |
 Stroke order in writing は |
