Yu (kana)

yu
hiragana
japanese hiragana yu
katakana
japanese katakana yu
transliterationyu
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana由 喩 遊 湯
spelling kana弓矢のユ
Yumiya no "yu"
unicodeU+3086, U+30E6
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, in hiragana or 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
Normal y-
(や行 ya-gyō)
yu
yuu, ywu
ゆう, ゆぅ
ゆー
ユウ, ユゥ
ユー
  1. ^ Jim Gleeson (2013). "Contracted sounds". Japanese Hiragana: An Introductory Japanese Language Workbook. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462913978.

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