| yu | |||
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| transliteration | yu | ||
| hiragana origin | 由 | ||
| katakana origin | 由 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 由 喩 遊 湯 | ||
| spelling kana | 弓矢のユ Yumiya no "yu" | ||
| unicode | U+3086, U+30E6 | ||
| braille | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Japanese_Yu_Braille.svg){kind=small} | ||
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ゆ, in hiragana or ユ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represents one mora. Both the hiragana and katakana forms are written in two strokes and represent the sound [jɯ].
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [ɯ] vowel (see yōon).[1]
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) |
yu | ゆ | ユ |
| yuu yū |
ゆう ゆー |
ユウ ユー |
- ^ Jim Gleeson (2013). "Contracted sounds". Japanese Hiragana: An Introductory Japanese Language Workbook. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462913978.