Ya (kana)

也

	kana gojūon
	n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
sokuon		wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
dakuten			ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
chōonpu		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, each of which represents one mora. Hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both represent [ja]. Their shapes have origins in the character 也.

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

や can be used by itself as a grammatical particle to connect words in a nonexhaustive list (see Japanese particles#ya).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō)	ya	や	ヤ
Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō)	yaa yā, yah	やあ, やぁやー	ヤア, ヤァヤー