# ポ — katakana “po”

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

- Reading: po
- Strokes: 5
- Hiragana: ぽ

## How ポ sounds

ポ is ホ with handakuten (゜): ho becomes po.

## Don't confuse it with

ボ

## Words with ポ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ポケット | poketto | pocket |
| ポンド | pondo | pound |
| ポスト | posuto | postbox |
| ポット | potto | pot |
| ポイント | pointo | point |
| ポップス | poppusu | pop music |

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