Wa (kana)

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The hiragana わ.

The katakana ワ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

わ, in hiragana, or ワ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. It is pronounced (IPA) [wa] and has origins in the character 和.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal w- (わ行 wa-gyō)	wa	わ	ワ
	waa wā, wah	わあ, わぁ わー	ワア, ワァ ワー