Yu (kana)

, in hiragana or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are written in two strokes and represent [ju͍].

yu
hiragana
katakana
transliterationyu
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana由 喩 遊 湯
spelling kana弓矢のユ Yumiya no "yu"
unicodeU+3086, U+30E6
braille

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
Normal y-
(や行 ya-gyō)
yu
yuu
ゆう, ゆぅ
ゆー
ユウ, ユゥ
ユー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ゆ
Stroke order in writing ユ
Stroke order in writing ゆ
Stroke order in writing ユ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
ゆ / ユ in Japanese Braille
ゆ / ユ
yu
ゆう / ユー
ゅ/ュ
Yōon*
゛ゅ/゛ュ
Dakuten + Yōon*
゜ゅ/゜ュ
Handakuten + Yōon*

* The yōon characters ゅ and ュ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-u" kana (e.g. Ku, Su) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.

Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER YUKATAKANA LETTER YUHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YUCIRCLED KATAKANA YU
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12422U+308612518U+30E665429U+FF9513044U+32F4
UTF-8227 130 134E3 82 86227 131 166E3 83 A6239 190 149EF BE 95227 139 180E3 8B B4
Numeric character referenceゆゆユユユユ㋴㋴
Shift JIS[2]130 22882 E4131 13483 86213D5
EUC-JP[3]164 230A4 E6165 230A5 E6142 2138E D5
GB 18030[4]164 230A4 E6165 230A5 E6132 49 154 5784 31 9A 39
EUC-KR[5] / UHC[6]170 230AA E6171 230AB E6
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[7]198 234C6 EA199 126C7 7E
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[8]199 109C7 6D199 226C7 E2
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YUKATAKANA LETTER SMALL YUHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12421U+308512517U+30E565389U+FF6D
UTF-8227 130 133E3 82 85227 131 165E3 83 A5239 189 173EF BD AD
Numeric character referenceゅゅュュュュ
Shift JIS[2]130 22782 E3131 13383 85173AD
EUC-JP[3]164 229A4 E5165 229A5 E5142 1738E AD
GB 18030[4]164 229A4 E5165 229A5 E5132 49 150 5784 31 96 39
EUC-KR[5] / UHC[6]170 229AA E5171 229AB E5
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[7]198 233C6 E9199 125C7 7D
Big5 (ETEN/> / HKSCS)[8]199 108C7 6C199 225C7 E1

References


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