# 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.

- Reading: bo
- Strokes: 6
- Hiragana: ぼ

## How ボ sounds

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

## Don't confuse it with

ポ

## Words with ボ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ボール | booru | ball |
| ボート | booto | boat |
| ボタン | botan | button |
| ボストン | bosuton | Boston |
| ボランティア | borantia | volunteer |
| ボクサー | bokusaa | boxer |

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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/katakana-chart/bo/. Last updated 2026-11-01.