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).
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal y-(や行 ya-gyō)yaやヤyaayāやあ, やぁやーヤア, ヤァヤー
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
Braille forms や / ヤ in Japanese Braille や / ヤ ya やあ / ヤー yā ゃ/ャYōon* ゛ゃ/゛ャDakuten + Yōon* ゜ゃ/゜ャHandakuten + Yōon* 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
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