Yu (kana)
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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 [jɯ].
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transliteration | yu | ||
hiragana origin | 由 | ||
katakana origin | 由 | ||
Man'yōgana | 由 喩 遊 湯 | ||
spelling kana | 弓矢のユ Yumiya no "yu" | ||
unicode | U+3086, U+30E6 | ||
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When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [ɯ] vowel (see yōon).[1]