Yu (kana)

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 .

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

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō)	yu	ゆ	ユ
	yuu yū	ゆう ゆー	ユウ ユー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ゆ Stroke order in writing ゆ

Stroke order in writing ユ Stroke order in writing ユ

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Stroke order in writing ゆ

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Stroke order in writing ユ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

ゆ / ユ in Japanese Braille
ゆ / ユ yu	ゆう / ユー yū	ゅ/ュ Yōon*	゛ゅ/゛ュ Dakuten + Yōon*	゜ゅ/゜ュ Handakuten + Yōon*
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Template:Asterisk The yōon characters ゅ and ュ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-u" kana (e.g. Ku, Su) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.

• Computer encodings

References

• Andrew Nelson, John H. Haig (1999). The Compact Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Tuttle Publishing.