よ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Particle 2.4 Suffix 2.5 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
よ Unicode: U+3088Katakana: ヨHepburn romanization: yoNihon-shiki romanization: yoPolivanov cyrillization: ёJapanese braille: ⠜

[edit] Syllable

よ

1. The hiragana syllable at や行お段 (row YA, section O) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

よ (romaji yo)

1. The /yo/ syllable.
2. The thirty-eighth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ゆ and the next character is ら. The equivalent katakana character is ヨ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with よ (yo) see: Special:Allpages/よ

[edit] Particle

Wikipedia

よ (romaji yo)

1. Indicates certainty or emphasis.
   • ポレット先生はここいますか。/ はい, ここいますよ。

     ポレット先生はここいますか。/ はい, ここいますよ。

     Poretto-sensei wa koko imasu ka. / Hai, koko imasu yo.

     Is Mr. Pollett here? / Yes, I'm certain that he is here.

[edit] Suffix

よ (romaji yo)

1. 余: over, more than

[edit] Noun

よ

1. 夜 yo: night, evening