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ほ (ho) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

The hiragana ほ is read "ho". Stroke order step by step, the same sound in katakana (ホ), the look-alikes not to confuse and example words.

Reading
ho
Same sound in katakana
ホ
Not to confuse with
は haけ ke

Words with ほ

  • 星 ほし — Star
  • 本 ほん — Book
  • 欲しい ほしい — to want, in need of
  • 細い ほそい — thin, slender, fine
  • 本棚 ほんだな — bookshelf
  • 本当 ほんとう — real, true

Stroke order · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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