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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 波 in the cursive sōsho style.[1][2]
は • (ha)
- The hiragana syllable は (ha). Its equivalent in katakana is ハ (ha). It is the twenty-sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行あ段 (ha-gyō a-dan, “row ha, section a”).
- (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 (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 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
/pa/ → /ɸa/ → /wa/
From Old Japanese. Used in the oldest Japanese writings, including the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pa.
The particle was excluded from the post-war script reform, rather than changed to わ (wa), which would be more phonetically accurate.
は • (wa)
- unique topic marker, often untranslatable
- Antonym: も
- これは犬です。
- Kore wa inu desu.
- This [the topic, about which we are speaking] is a dog.
- 今日は雨ですね。
- Kyō wa ame desu ne.
- It seems like it is raining today.
- 今日は雨が降っています。
- Kyō wa ame ga futteimasu.
- It is raining today.
- (literally, “As for today, rain is falling.”)
- what about, where is (used without a predicate to ask for more information about something)
- 中田は?
- Nakada wa?
- Where's Nakada?
- じゃ、意味は?
- Ja, imi wa?
- So, what's the meaning?
- Inserted between two verbs for emphasis.
- そう思ってはいないでしょうか。
- Sō omotte wa inai deshō ka.
- Do you not think so?
- 勝てるとは思ってはいない
- kateru to wa omotte wa inai
- does not think that one can win
- 現れては消えた
- arawarete wa kieta
- disappeared as soon as it appeared
- Note that English has no direct counterpart. For illustrative purposes, it may be translated as "as for", "speaking of", or a similar phrase. For example, "As for this, it is a dog". This often does not produce very natural English, however.
- When inserted between two verbs for emphasis, は is usually used with negatives and after a て (te) form. This has given rise to ではない (de wa nai), the now standard negative form of だ (da).
- も (mo) vs は (ha): see も (mo).
- は always replaces を (o) and が (ga), but may follow other particles.
は • (ha)
- (dated, humble) Used to show agreement or obedience: yes
- は、さようでございます。
- Ha, sayō de gozaimasu.
- Yes, exactly.
- は、承知いたしました。
- Ha, shōchi itashimashita.
- Yes, as you wish.
For pronunciation and definitions of は – see the following entries.
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- [noun] tooth
- [noun] (typography) a unit equal to 1 Q (kyū) and 0.25 mm, abbreviated as H; ha is used for spacing, while Q is used for font size
Alternative spellingsH, 牙
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(This term, は (ha), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as は, see Category:Japanese kanji read as は.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 端, 翳.)
For pronunciation and definitions of は – see the following entries.
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(This term, は (ha), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as は, see Category:Japanese kanji read as は.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 破, 覇.)