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Yo (kana)

Character of the Japanese writing system From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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, in hiragana or 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].

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When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon).[1]

In mathematics, よ is sometimes used to represent the Yoneda embedding.[2]

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Stroke order in writing ヨ
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Stroke order in writing よ
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Stroke order in writing ヨ

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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.

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