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Ya (kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 [ja]. Their shapes have origins in the character 也.
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When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [a] vowel (see yōon).[1]
や can be used by itself as a grammatical particle to connect words in a nonexhaustive list (see Japanese particles#ya).
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Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
大和のヤ Yamato no "Ya" |
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* 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.
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