Ha (kana)

Ha (hiragana: は, katakana: ハ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both represent [ha]. They are also used as a grammatical particle (in such cases, they denote [wa], including in the greeting "kon'nichiwa") and serve as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.

ha
hiragana
katakana
transliterationha, wa
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana八 方 芳 房 半 伴 倍 泊 波 婆 破 薄 播 幡 羽 早 者 速 葉 歯
Voiced Man'yōgana伐 婆 磨 魔
spelling kanaはがきのハ Hagaki no "ha"
unicodeU+306F, U+30CF
braille
Note: This syllable was historically pronounced as "Pa".

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).[1] This, along with other extended katakana, was developed by Japanese linguists to represent sounds in Ainu not present in standard Japanese katakana. When used as a particle, は is pronounced as わ [wa]. は is also pronounced as わ in some words.

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

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing は
Stroke order in writing ハ
Stroke order in writing は

The Hiragana は is made with three strokes:

  1. A vertical line on the left side with a small curve.
  2. A horizontal stroke near the center.
  3. A vertical stroke on the right at the center of the second stroke followed by a loop near the end.
Stroke order in writing ハ

The Katakana ハ is made with two strokes:

  1. A straight stroke from the top pointing towards the bottom left.
  2. Another straight stroke going the opposite way, i.e. from the top to the bottom right

The kana は is read as "wa" when it represents a particle.

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
は / ハ in Japanese Braille
は / ハ
ha
ば / バ
ba
ぱ / パ
pa
はあ / ハー
ばあ / バー
ぱあ / パー
Other kana based on Braille
ひゃ / ヒャ
hya
びゃ / ビャ
bya
ぴゃ / ピャ
pya
ひゃあ / ヒャー
hyā
びゃあ / ビャー
byā
ぴゃあ / ピャー
pyā
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER HAKATAKANA LETTER HAHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HAKATAKANA LETTER SMALL HACIRCLED KATAKANA HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12399U+306F12495U+30CF65418U+FF8A12789U+31F513033U+32E9
UTF-8227 129 175E3 81 AF227 131 143E3 83 8F239 190 138EF BE 8A227 135 181E3 87 B5227 139 169E3 8B A9
Numeric character referenceははハハハハㇵㇵ㋩㋩
Shift JIS (plain)[2]130 20582 CD131 11083 6E202CA
Shift JIS-2004[3]130 20582 CD131 11083 6E202CA131 24183 F1
EUC-JP (plain)[4]164 207A4 CF165 207A5 CF142 2028E CA
EUC-JIS-2004[5]164 207A4 CF165 207A5 CF142 2028E CA166 243A6 F3
GB 18030[6]164 207A4 CF165 207A5 CF132 49 153 5684 31 99 38129 57 188 5781 39 BC 39
EUC-KR[7] / UHC[8]170 207AA CF171 207AB CF
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[9]198 211C6 D3199 103C7 67
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[10]199 86C7 56199 203C7 CB
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER BAKATAKANA LETTER BAHIRAGANA LETTER PAKATAKANA LETTER PA
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12400U+307012496U+30D012401U+307112497U+30D1
UTF-8227 129 176E3 81 B0227 131 144E3 83 90227 129 177E3 81 B1227 131 145E3 83 91
Numeric character referenceばばババぱぱパパ
Shift JIS[2]130 20682 CE131 11183 6F130 20782 CF131 11283 70
EUC-JP[4]164 208A4 D0165 208A5 D0164 209A4 D1165 209A5 D1
GB 18030[6]164 208A4 D0165 208A5 D0164 209A4 D1165 209A5 D1
EUC-KR[7] / UHC[8]170 208AA D0171 208AB D0170 209AA D1171 209AB D1
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[9]198 212C6 D4199 104C7 68198 213C6 D5199 105C7 69
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[10]199 87C7 57199 204C7 CC199 88C7 58199 205C7 CD

See also

References

[1]

  1. Soergel, Nicolas (3 October 2011). "Particle は (wa)". Nihongo Ichiban.
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