ヤ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Katakana character 1.2.1 Related terms

[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 也.

[edit] Katakana character

ヤ (romaji ya)

1. The [ya] phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
2. The thirty-sixth character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is モ and the next character is ユ. The equivalent hiragana character is や.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ヤ (ya) see: Special:Allpages/ヤ