ぼ

See also: は, ほ, and ぽ

ぼ U+307C, ぼ HIRAGANA LETTER BO Composition: ほ [U+307B] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← ほ [U+307B] Hiragana ぽ → [U+307D]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character ほ (ho) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ぼ • (bo) 

1. The hiragana syllable ぼ (bo). Its equivalent in katakana is ボ (bo).

See also

• (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 2

Reading for various kanji.

Noun

ぼ • (bo) 

1. 戊: the fifth day of the traditional Chinese ten-day cycle
2. 墓: a grave, especially one belonging to the extended imperial family
3. 簿: a notebook, a ledger
4. 牡: a male animal