Ya (
hiragana: や,
katakana: ヤ) is one of the Japanese
kana, each of which represents one
mora
Mora may refer to:
People
* Mora (surname)
Places Sweden
* Mora, Säter, Sweden
* Mora, Sweden, the seat of Mora Municipality
* Mora Municipality, Sweden
United States
* Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Mora, Minnesota, a city
* M ...
. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both represent . Their shapes have origins in the character 也.
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a
palatalization
Palatalization may refer to:
*Palatalization (phonetics), the phonetic feature of palatal secondary articulation
*Palatalization (sound change)
Palatalization is a historical-linguistic sound change that results in a palatalized articulation ...
of the preceding consonant sound with the vowel (see
yōon).
や can be used by itself as a
grammatical particle
In grammar, the term ''particle'' (abbreviated ) has a traditional meaning, as a part of speech that cannot be inflected, and a modern meaning, as a function word associated with another word or phrase, generally in order to impart meaning. Altho ...
to connect words in a nonexhaustive list (see
Japanese particles#ya).
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
* Full Braille representation
The yōon characters ゃ and ャ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-a" kana (e.g.
Ka,
Sa) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.
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Computer encodings
References
Specific kana
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