Question

In Japanese alphabet, there isnt any alphabet depicting the sound 'p', Neither in Hiragana nor Katakana. I want to know if the Kanji characters do have or not. If not , then it would mean that Japanese people can't pronounce the sound P. Right?​

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Answer:

Japanese also has one set of handaku-on (“half-muddy sounds”), the 'pa' gyou. Although phonetically 'b' is the voiced equivalent of 'p', for historical reasons both are related to 'h' (which doesn't really have a voiced equivalent), so 'p' becomes “half-voiced” with 'b' being voiced.