| yo | |||
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| transliteration | yo | ||
| hiragana origin | 与 | ||
| katakana origin | 與 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 用 容 欲 夜 与 余 四 世 代 吉 | ||
| spelling kana | 吉野のヨ Yoshino no "yo" | ||
| unicode | U+3088, U+30E8 | ||
| braille | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Japanese_Yo_Braille.svg){kind=small} | ||
| Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation | |||
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よ, in hiragana or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three. Both represent [jo].
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon).[1]
In mathematics, よ is sometimes used to represent the Yoneda embedding.[2]
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) |
yo | よ | ヨ |
| you yoo yō |
よう, よぅ よお, よぉ よー |
ヨウ, ヨゥ ヨオ, ヨォ ヨー |
- ^ Jim Gleeson (2013). "Contracted sounds". Japanese Hiragana: An Introductory Japanese Language Workbook. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462913978.
- ^ "Yoneda embedding". nLab. Retrieved 6 July 2019.