ゆ
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| Character | ゆ |
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER YU |
| Codepoint | U+3086 |
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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] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ju͍/
[edit] Syllable
ゆ (Hepburn romanization yu)
- The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu), whose equivalent in katakana is ユ (yu). It is the thirty-seventh syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is や行う段 (YA-gyō, U-dan; “row YA, section U”).
[edit] See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ [edit]
[edit] Etymology 2
Attaches to the irrealis form of verbs. Conjugates as a lower bigrade: ye, ye, yu, yuru, yure, -.
[edit] Suffix
ゆ (romaji yu)
- expresses passiveness
- expresses possibility
- expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
- For a list of words starting with ゆ (yu) see: Special:Allpages/ゆ
