Ya (kana)

Template:Short description Template:Template other Ya (hiragana: や, katakana: ヤ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both represent . Their shapes have origins in the character 也.

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

や can be used by itself as a grammatical particle to connect words in a nonexhaustive list (see Japanese particles#ya).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō)	ya	や	ヤ
	yaa yā	やあ, やぁ やー	ヤア, ヤァ ヤー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing や Stroke order in writing や

Stroke order in writing ヤ Stroke order in writing ヤ

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Stroke order in writing や

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Stroke order in writing ヤ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

や / ヤ in Japanese Braille
や / ヤ ya	やあ / ヤー yā	ゃ/ャ Yōon*	゛ゃ/゛ャ Dakuten + Yōon*	゜ゃ/゜ャ Handakuten + Yōon*
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Template:Asterisk The yōon characters ゃ and ャ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-a" kana (e.g. Ka, Sa) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.

• Computer encodings

References

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