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ボ — katakana “bo”

ボ is the katakana character for the sound “bo”. It is written with 6 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ぼ.

ボ
Stroke order of ボ (bo)
Reading
bo
Script
katakana
Strokes
6
Row
the バ row
Hiragana
ぼ

How to write ボ

Follow the numbers on the diagram: each stroke starts at its number. Keep to this order, because that is how your hand remembers the shape.

How ボ sounds

ボ is ホ with dakuten (゛): ho becomes bo.

Don't confuse it with

Words with ボ

WordReadingMeaning
ボールbooruball
ボートbootoboat
ボタンbotanbutton
ボストンbosutonBoston
ボランティアborantiavolunteer
ボクサーbokusaaboxer

The whole row

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