Ya (kana)

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The hiragana や.	The katakana ヤ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

や, in hiragana, or ヤ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both are pronounced (IPA) [ja]. Their shapes have origins in the character 也.

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