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In Japanese, the kana 'Ha' (written as 'は' in hiragana and 'ハ' in katakana, IPA ) represents a phoneme of the language. It is also used as a grammatical particle (where it is pronounced 'wa') and serves as the topic marker of the sentence. は originates from 波 and ハ from 八.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal ''h-'' (は行 ''ha-gyō'')	''ha''	は	ハ
	''haa'' ''hā'', ''hah''	はあ, はぁ はー	ハア, ハァ ハー
Addition dakuten ''b-'' (ば行 ''ba-gyō'')	''ba''	ば	バ
	''baa'' ''bā'', ''bah''	ばあ, ばぁ ばー	バア, バァ バー
Addition handakuten ''p-'' (ぱ行 ''pa-gyō'')	''pa''	ぱ	パ
	''paa'' ''pā'', ''pah''	ぱあ, ぱぁ ぱー	パア, パァ パー

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★ Japanese grammar