# は — hiragana “ha”

は is the hiragana character for the sound “ha”. It is written with 3 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ハ.

- Reading: ha
- Strokes: 3
- Katakana: ハ

## How は sounds

As the particle that marks the topic of a sentence it is read wa, as in わたしは (watashi wa).

## Don't confuse it with

ほ · け

## Words with は

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| はい | hai | yes |
| はなす | hanasu | to talk |
| はなし | hanashi | talk |
| はいる | hairu | to enter |
| はたらく | hataraku | to work |
| はは | haha | mother |

---

From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/ha/. Last updated 2026-11-01.