Harry Potter is sorted into Gryffindor in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. The Sorting Hat places him there during the welcoming ceremony at Hogwarts in his first year.
Gryffindor is traditionally associated with courage, bravery, nerve, and chivalry. Its symbol is a lion, and its house colours are scarlet and gold. The house founder is Godric Gryffindor, one of the four medieval founders of Hogwarts.
Harry’s closest friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, are also Gryffindors. Many of the series’ central characters belong to the house, including Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. The house’s main rival is Slytherin, where Draco Malfoy is sorted.
The Sorting Hat considers Harry for Slytherin before Harry strongly expresses his preference not to go there. This detail matters because the books repeatedly distinguish personal choices from inherited reputation or apparent talent. Harry’s placement therefore reflects both the Hat’s judgment and Harry’s own character.