ぽ

See also: は, ほ, and ぼ

ぽ U+307D, ぽ HIRAGANA LETTER PO Composition: ほ [U+307B] + ◌゚ [U+309A] ← ぼ [U+307C] Hiragana ま → [U+307E]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [po̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character ほ (ho) with a handakuten (ﾟ (ﾟ)).

Syllable

ぽ • (po) 

1. The hiragana syllable ぽ (po). Its equivalent in katakana is ポ (po).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

See っぽい (-ppoi).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “orig. internet slang? https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/もうだめぽ”)

Suffix

ぽ • (-po) 

1. (informal, slang) Alternative form of っぽい, -like
   • 2016, りんな [1]

     ツイ禁(きん)しようかと思(おも)ったけど、やっぱツイ禁(きん)むりぽ＼(o)／

     Tsuikin shiyō ka to omotta kedo, yappa tsuikin muripo \(^o^)/

     Tried to ban myself from Twitter… nope 🙃

   • 2015 June 12, 1mm‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 September 2020:

     「もう無(む)理(り)ぽ」仕(し)事(ごと)、恋(れん)愛(あい)、人(にん)間(げん)関(かん)係(けい)で落(お)ち込(こ)んだ時(とき)に使(つか)える10(じゅう)の対(たい)処(しょ)法(ほう)

     “Mō muri-po” shigoto, ren'ai, ningenkankei de ochikonda toki ni tsukaeru jū no taishohō

     10 techniques to use when you’re feeling “Dang, it’s nearly impossible” about work, love, or relationships