Ha (kana)
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Ha (hiragana: は, katakana: ハ) 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 "kon'nichiwa") and serve as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.
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transliteration | ha, wa | ||
hiragana origin | 波 | ||
katakana origin | 八 | ||
Man'yōgana | 八 方 芳 房 半 伴 倍 泊 波 婆 破 薄 播 幡 羽 早 者 速 葉 歯 | ||
Voiced Man'yōgana | 伐 婆 磨 魔 | ||
spelling kana | はがきのハ Hagaki no "ha" | ||
unicode | U+306F, U+30CF | ||
braille | ![]() | ||
Note: This mora was historically pronounced as "pa". |
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.
When used as a particle, は is pronounced as わ [wa]. は is also pronounced as わ in some words (e.g. もののあはれ pronounced as mono no aware).
Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō) |
ha | は | ハ |
haa hā |
はあ, はぁ はー |
ハア, ハァ ハー | |
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) |
ba | ば | バ |
baa bā |
ばあ, ばぁ ばー |
バア, バァ バー | |
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) |
pa | ぱ | パ |
paa pā |
ぱあ, ぱぁ ぱー |
パア, パァ パー |