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[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
Katakana halfwidth syllables
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+30E3Hiragana:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The katakana syllable in small form.

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Katakana character

  1. Small combining form of katakana (ya) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in a, such as シャ (sha), チャ (cha), and キャ (kya). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.

[edit] Related terms

  • (small yo)
  • (small yu)
  • (hiragana small ya)
  • (full-size ya)
In other languages