Yo (kana)

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 [].

When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the vowel (see yōon).

In mathematics, よ is sometimes used to represent the Yoneda embedding.

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

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing よ Stroke order in writing よ

Stroke order in writing ヨ Stroke order in writing ヨ

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Stroke order in writing よ

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Stroke order in writing ヨ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

よ / ヨ in Japanese Braille
よ / ヨ yo	よう / ヨー yō	ょ/ョ Yōon*	゛ょ/゛ョ Dakuten + Yōon*	゜ょ/゜ョ Handakuten + Yōon*
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Template:Asterisk The yōon characters ょ and ョ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-o" kana (e.g. Ko, So) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.

• Computer encodings

See also

• Yori (kana)