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 [jo].
| yo | ||||
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| transliteration | yo | |||
| hiragana origin | 与 | |||
| katakana origin | 與 | |||
| spelling kana | 吉野のヨ Yoshino no "yo" | |||
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When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents not a separate sound but a modification of that of another (see yōon).[1]
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) |
yo | よ | ヨ |
| you yoo yō, yoh |
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 ヨ |
Stroke order in writing よ
Stroke order in writing ヨ
Other communicative representations
| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun Code |
| 吉野のヨ Yoshino no "Yo" |
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| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-345 Japanese Braille |
- Full Braille representation
| よ / ヨ in Japanese Braille | ||||
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| よ / ヨ yo | よう / ヨー yō | ょ/ョ Yōon* | ゛ょ/゛ョ Dakuten + Yōon* | ゜ょ/゜ョ Handakuten + Yōon* |
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* 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.
| Character | よ | ヨ | ﾖ | |||
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER YO | KATAKANA LETTER YO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YO | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12424 | U+3088 | 12520 | U+30E8 | 65430 | U+FF96 |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 136 | E3 82 88 | 227 131 168 | E3 83 A8 | 239 190 150 | EF BE 96 |
| Numeric character reference | よ | よ | ヨ | ヨ | ﾖ | ﾖ |
| Shift JIS | 130 230 | 82 E6 | 131 136 | 83 88 | 214 | D6 |
| Character | ょ | ョ | ｮ | |||
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YO | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12423 | U+3087 | 12519 | U+30E7 | 65390 | U+FF6E |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 135 | E3 82 87 | 227 131 167 | E3 83 A7 | 239 189 174 | EF BD AE |
| Numeric character reference | ょ | ょ | ョ | ョ | ｮ | ｮ |
| Shift JIS | 130 229 | 82 E5 | 131 135 | 83 87 | 174 | AE |
References
- Jim Gleeson (2013). "Contracted sounds". Japanese Hiragana: An Introductory Japanese Language Workbook. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462913978.
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