syllable with a 'p' sound (in Japanese)
Linguistics term referring to a mora that begins with a voiceless bilabial plosive /p/, such as ぱ, ぴ, ぷ, ぺ, ぽ. Contrasts with 清音 (unvoiced) and 濁音 (voiced).
'Pa' is a syllable with a 'p' sound.
Syllables with a 'p' sound are marked with a handakuten.