ハ — katakana “ha”

ハ is the katakana character for the sound “ha”. It is written with 2 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is は.

ハ

How to write ハ

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.

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

Last updated 1 November 2026