Ha (kana)

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The hiragana は.

The katakana ハ.

The hiragana ば.

The katakana ば.

The hiragana ぱ.

The katakana ぱ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

In Japanese, the kana Ha (written as は in hiragana and ハ in katakana, IPA [ha]) represents a phoneme of the language. It is also used as a grammatical particle (where it is pronounced wa) and serves as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō)	ha	は	ハ
	haa hā, hah	はあ, はぁ はー	ハア, ハァ ハー
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō)	ba	ば	バ
	baa bā, bah	ばあ, ばぁ ばー	バア, バァ バー
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō)	pa	ぱ	パ
	paa pā, pah	ぱあ, ぱぁ ぱー	パア, パァ パー

[edit] See also

• Japanese grammar