# 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.

- Reading: ha
- Strokes: 2
- Hiragana: は

## How ハ sounds

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

## Words with ハ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ハワイ | hawai | Hawaii |
| ハイキング | haikingu | hiking |
| ハンサム | hansamu | handsome |
| ハンドバッグ | handobaggu | handbag |
| ハンカチ | hankachi | handkerchief |
| ハンバーガー | hanbaagaa | hamburger |

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