Ha (kana)
は, in hiragana, or ハ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both represent ). They are also used as a grammatical particle (in such cases, they denote, including in the greeting konnichi wa) and serve as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.
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). This, along with other extended katakana, was developed by Japanese linguists to represent sounds in Ainu not present in standard Japanese katakana.
| 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 |
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