# ぽ — hiragana “po”

ぽ is the hiragana character for the sound “po”. It is written with 5 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ポ.

- Reading: po
- Strokes: 5
- Katakana: ポ

## How ぽ sounds

ぽ is ほ with handakuten (゜): ho becomes po.

## Don't confuse it with

ぼ

## Words with ぽ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| さんぽ | sanpo | walk |
| しんぽ | shinpo | progress |

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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/po/. Last updated 2026-11-01.