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Yōon or Youon (拗音: literally contracted word or diphthong) is a feature of the Japanese language in which a mora is formed with an added y sound.

Yōon are represented in hiragana using a kana ending in i, such as き (ki), plus a smaller-than-usual version of one of the three y kana, ya, yu or yo. For example kyō, "today", is written きょう, using a small version of the yo kana, よ. Contrast this with kiyō, "skillful", which is written きよう, with a full-sized yo kana. In the past, in historical kana usage, yōon were not distinguished with the smaller kana, and had to be guessed by context.

Most of the words which now use yōon were originally derived from Chinese. The ancient version of Japanese did not have any yōon sounds. It is theorised that yōon developed because of the influence of the Chinese words.

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Yōon (拗音)

katakana ャ ya ュ yu ョ yo キ ki キャ kya キュ kyu キョ kyo シ shi シャ sha シュ shu ショ sho チ chi チャ cha チュ chu チョ cho ニ ni ニャ nya ニュ nyu ニョ nyo ヒ hi ヒャ hya ヒュ hyu ヒョ hyo ミ mi ミャ mya ミュ myu ミョ myo リ ri リャ rya リュ ryu リョ ryo dakuten ギ gi ギャ gya ギュ gyu ギョ gyo ジ ji ジャ ja ジュ ju ジョ jo ビ bi ビャ bya ビュ byu ビョ byo handakuten ピ pi ピャ pya ピュ pyu ピョ pyo

hiragana ゃ ya ゅ yu ょ yo き ki きゃ kya きゅ kyu きょ kyo し shi しゃ sha しゅ shu しょ sho ち chi ちゃ cha ちゅ chu ちょ cho に ni にゃ nya にゅ nyu にょ nyo ひ hi ひゃ hya ひゅ hyu ひょ hyo み mi みゃ mya みゅ myu みょ myo り ri りゃ rya りゅ ryu りょ ryo dakuten ぎ gi ぎゃ gya ぎゅ gyu ぎょ gyo じ ji じゃ ja じゅ ju じょ jo び bi びゃ bya びゅ byu びょ byo handakuten ぴ pi ぴゃ pya ぴゅ pyu ぴょ pyo