ゆ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Hiragana character 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Inflectional suffix 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms

[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Hiragana character

ゆ (romaji yu)

1. The /yu/ syllable.
2. The thirty-seventh character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is や and the next character is よ. The equivalent katakana character is ユ.

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Inflectional suffix

ゆ (romaji yu)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• あらゆる
• 所謂
• 見える
• 聞こえる
• 覚える

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ゆ (yu) see: Special:Allpages/ゆ