ゆ, in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
or ユ in
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
, is one of the Japanese
kana
are syllabary, syllabaries used to write Japanese phonology, Japanese phonological units, Mora (linguistics), morae. In current usage, ''kana'' most commonly refers to ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. It can also refer to their ancestor , wh ...
, which each represents one
mora. Both the hiragana and katakana forms are written in two strokes and represent the sound .
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a
palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the vowel (see
yōon
The is a feature of the Japanese language in which a mora is formed with an added sound, i.e., palatalized, or (more rarely in the modern language) with an added sound, i.e. labialized.
''Yōon'' are represented in hiragana using a kana end ...
).
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
* Full Braille representation
The yōon characters ゅ and ュ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-u" kana (e.g.
Ku,
Su) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.
*
Computer encodings
References
*
Andrew Nelson, John H. Haig (1999). ''The Compact Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary''. Tuttle Publishing.
External links
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Specific kana