よ

よ U+3088, よ HIRAGANA LETTER YO ← ょ [U+3087] Hiragana ら → [U+3089]

Translingual

Symbol

よ

1. (mathematics) Yoneda embedding

Hachijō

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *uwo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo]

Noun

よ (yo) 

1. a fish

   よーたべろ

   yō tabero

   Eat the fish!

References

• Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男); Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎); Ōno Masao (大野 眞男); Kuno Makoto (久野 眞); Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子); Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994), 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 551

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

よ • (yo) 

1. The hiragana syllable よ (yo). Its equivalent in katakana is ヨ (yo). It is the thirty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行お段 (ya-gyō o-dan, “row ya, section o”).

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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Particle

よ • (yo) 

1. Indicates certainty, conviction, or emphasis.

   「ポレット先(せん)生(せい)はいますか。」「はい、いますよ。」

   “Poretto sensei wa imasu ka.”“Hai, imasu yo.”

   "Is Mr. Pollett here?" "Yes, [I'm certain that] he is here."

   そうじゃないよ！

   Sō ja nai yo!

   It's not like that!

2. (literary, poetic) Used as a vocative particle to address the topic in question: O.

   雨(あめ)よ雪(ゆき)に変(か)わってくれ。

   Ame yo yuki ni kawattekure.

   O rain! Please change into snow!

   『神(かみ)よツァーリを護(まも)り給(たま)え』

   “Kami yo Tsāri o mamoritamae”

   "God Save the Tsar!"

   「万(ばん)国(こく)の労(ろう)働(どう)者(しゃ)よ、団(だん)結(けつ)せよ！」

   “Bankoku no rōdōsha yo, danketsu seyo!”

   "Workers of the world, unite!"

Synonyms

• (final particle): (informal) お (o)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of よ – see the following entries.

【余】5 [noun] over, more than, a little more than, plus, upwards of [noun] other [noun] remainder [suffix] over, more than, a little more than, plus, upwards of

【夜】2 [noun] (literary) night, evening

【預】6 [noun] deposit, in advance

【世】3 [noun] world, society [noun] this world, this life [noun] (archaic) generation, age, era [noun] lifetime [noun] lifespan [noun] time of year, season [noun] relationship between a man and a woman (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [noun] period of a person leading as a patriarch (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Alternative spelling 代

【予】3 [pronoun] first-person personal pronoun; I, me Alternative spelling 余

(This term, よ (yo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as よ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as よ.