"ほ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ho̞], [ho̞] Forms: ho [romanization], fo [romanization], [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=ほ}} ほ • (ho) ^(←ほ (fo)?)
  1. ear of grain
    Sense id: en-ほ-ja-noun-e1jR8p0K
  2. (calligraphy) tip of a brush Categories (topical): Calligraphy
    Sense id: en-ほ-ja-noun-ZtPeMfzw Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 94 Topics: arts, calligraphy, communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ho̞] Forms: ho [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ほ • (ho)
  1. sail
    Sense id: en-ほ-ja-noun-0DUKYGTe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Syllable

IPA: [ho̞] Forms: ho [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|保}} 保, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 保 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} ほ • (ho)
  1. The hiragana syllable ほ (ho). Its equivalent in katakana is ホ (ho). It is the thirtieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行お段 (ha-gyō o-dan, “row ha, section o”). Derived forms: (bo), (po)
    Sense id: en-ほ-ja-syllable-r0m4C6iF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 2 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 31 2 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 32 2 66 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ho",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ほ • (ho)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ほ"
}

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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
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    "歩",
    "舗"
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞]"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "syllable",
  "title": "ほ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ほ",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "ほ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.