ゆ


ゆ U+3086, ゆ
HIRAGANA LETTER YU
← ゅ
[U+3085] 		Hiragana ょ →
[U+3087]

Japanese

hentaigana form (obsolete variant hiragana form. Another form of cursive 由)
Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 由 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

ゆ (romaji yu)

  1. The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu). Its equivalent in katakana is ユ (yu). It is the thirty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行う段 (ya-gyō u-dan, “row ya, section u”).
See also

Etymology 2

Attaches to the irrealis form of verbs. Conjugates as a lower bigrade: ye, ye, yu, yuru, yure, -.

Suffix

ゆ (rōmaji -yu)

  1. expresses passiveness
  2. expresses possibility
  3. expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence
Derived terms

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese を (wo).

Particle

ゆ (romaji yu)

  1. (archaic) direct object particle
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