Y-Column
や (ya) : Yak
ゆ (yu) : Unicorn
INFO
ゆis an popular character as its used as the sign for Onsen/ Hot Strings in Japanゆmeans Hot Water in Japanese. It is generally used with the polite prefixおmaking itおゆ
よ (yo) : YoYo Dangling from a Finger
Japanese Digraphs (Youon)
Consonants with “i” sound + や, ゆ and よ
When representing a digraph や, ゆ and よ are written smaller font
Even though it looks longer the Youon is still considered as one character
| り (ri) | み (mi) | ぴ (pi) | び (bi) | ひ (hi) | に (ni) | ち (chi) | じ (ji) | し (shi) | ぎ (gi) | き (ki) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| りゃ | みゃ | ぴゃ | びゃ | ひゃ | にゃ | ちゃ | じゃ | しゃ | ぎゃ | きゃ | や |
| りゅ | みゅ | ぴゅ | びゅ | ひゅ | にゅ | ちゅ | じゅ | しゅ | ぎゅ | きゅ | ゆ |
| りょ | みょ | ぴょ | びょ | ひょ | にょ | ちょ | じょ | しょ | ぎょ | きょ | よ |
INFO
- The
ぢcharacter technically is also part of the diagraph but it is not used anymore- When digraphs are prounced without the “i” sound
- りゅう
- Ryū (Dragon)
- りゆう
- RiYū (Reason)
ū,ōare used to show that thoose sounds need to be prolonged (They are followed by theうcharacter)In Romaji characters like
- きょう
- Kyō (Today)
- きよう
- KiYō (Handy/ Skilled)
Example Words
- ゆめ
- YuMe (Dream)
- やま
- YaMa (Mountain)
- やすい
- YaSuI (Cheap)
- りょうり
- RyōRi (Cooking)
- かいしゃ
- KaISya (Company)
- じゅうどう
- JyūDō (Judo - National Sport)
- しゅくだい
- SyuKuDaI (Homework)
- びょういん
- ByōIN (Hospital)