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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 in the cursive sōsho style.
ほ • (ho )
The hiragana syllable ほ ( ho ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ホ ( ho ) . It is the thirtieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行 お段 ( ha-gyō o-dan , “ row ha , section o ” ) .
(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 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 , ゆ ゅ , よ ょ , ら , り , る , れ , ろ , わ ゎ , ゐ , ゑ , を , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
For pronunciation and definitions of ほ – see the following entries.
【舗 】 S
[counter] folded texts, especially maps
[noun] shop
(This term, ほ ( ho ) , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ほ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ほ .)