Yu (kana)

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.

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

Other communicative representations

 * Full Braille representation
 * 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.


 * Computer encodings