Yu (kana)

yu
hiragana
katakana
transliteration yu
hiragana origin ç”±
katakana origin ç”±

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

When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents not a separate sound but a modification of that of another (see yōon).

Forms Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal y-
(や行 ya-gyō)
yu ゆ ユ
yuu
yū
ゆう, ゆぅ
ゆー
ユウ, ユゥ
ユー

Stroke order

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

Other representations

Character ゆ ユ ユ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER YU KATAKANA LETTER YU HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YU
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 12422 U+3086 12518 U+30E6 65429 U+FF95
UTF-8 227 130 134 E3 82 86 227 131 166 E3 83 A6 239 190 149 EF BE 95
Numeric character reference ゆ ゆ ユ ユ ユ ユ
Shift JIS 130 228 82 E4 131 134 83 86 213 D5
Character ゅ ュ ュ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YU KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 12421 U+3085 12517 U+30E5 65389 U+FF6D
UTF-8 227 130 133 E3 82 85 227 131 165 E3 83 A5 239 189 173 EF BD AD
Numeric character reference ゅ ゅ ュ ュ ュ ュ
Shift JIS 130 227 82 E3 131 133 83 85 173 AD
ゆ / ユ in Japanese Braille
ゆ / ユ
yu
ゆう / ユー
yū
â ¬ (braille pattern dots-346) â ¬ (braille pattern dots-346)â ’ (braille pattern dots-25)

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