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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ha
Man'yōgana:	波,八
Unicode:
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

は, in hiragana, or ハ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /ha/). They are also used as a grammatical particle (in such cases, they denote /ɰa/) and serve as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.

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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[edit] See also

• Japanese grammar