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Etymology 1Edit
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 波 in the cursive sōsho style.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
SyllableEdit
は (romaji ha)
- The hiragana syllable は (ha). Its equivalent in katakana is ハ (ha). It is the twenty-sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行あ段 (ha-gyō a-dan, “row ha, section a”).
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (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, こ𛄲ご, 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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2Edit
/pa/ → /ɸa/ → /wa/
From Old Japanese. Used in the oldest Japanese writings, including the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pa.
The particle was excluded from the post-war script reform, rather than changed to わ (wa), which would be more phonetically accurate.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
- unique topic marker, often untranslatable
- what about, where is (used without a predicate to ask for more information about something)
- 中田は?
- Nakada wa?
- Where's Nakada?
- じゃ、意味は?
- Ja, imi wa?
- So, what's the meaning?
- 中田は?
- Inserted between two verbs for emphasis.
Usage notesEdit
- Note that English has no direct counterpart. For illustrative purposes, it may be translated as "as for", "speaking of", or a similar phrase. For example, "As for this, it is a dog". This often does not produce very natural English, however.
- When inserted between two verbs for emphasis, は is usually used with negatives and after a て (te) form. This has given rise to ではない (de wa nai), the now standard negative form of だ (da).
- も (mo) vs は (ha): see も (mo).
- は always replaces を (o) and が (ga), but may follow other particles.
Derived termsEdit
- ば (ba, the conditional conjugation ending)
- では (de wa, “then, well then, in that case”)
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- は as a Japanese topic marker on Wikipedia
Etymology 3Edit
InterjectionEdit
Etymology 4Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of は – see the following entries. | ||||||||
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(This term, は, is an alternative spelling of the above terms. For a list of all kanji read as は, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as は.) |
(The following entries are uncreated: 端, 翳.)
Etymology 5Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of は – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, は, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term. For a list of all kanji read as は, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as は.) |
(The following entries are uncreated: 破, 覇.)