# Yo (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
よ, in hiragana or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three. Both represent [jo].
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon).
In mathematics, よ is sometimes used to represent the Yoneda embedding.
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) | yo | よ | ヨ |
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) | you yoo yō | よう, よぅ よお, よぉ よー | ヨウ, ヨゥ ヨオ, ヨォ ヨー |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing よ | Stroke order in writing ヨ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 吉野のヨ Yoshino no "Yo" | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-345 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
よ / ヨ in Japanese Braille :
| よ / ヨ yo | よう / ヨー yō | ょ/ョ Yōon* | ゛ょ/゛ョ Dakuten + Yōon* | ゜ょ/゜ョ Handakuten + Yōon* |
* The yōon characters ょ and ョ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-o" kana (e.g. Ko, So) with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | よ | よ | ヨ | ヨ | ﾖ | ﾖ | ㋵ | ㋵ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER YO | HIRAGANA LETTER YO | KATAKANA LETTER YO | KATAKANA LETTER YO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YO | CIRCLED KATAKANA YO | CIRCLED KATAKANA YO |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12424 | U+3088 | 12520 | U+30E8 | 65430 | U+FF96 | 13045 | U+32F5 |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 136 | E3 82 88 | 227 131 168 | E3 83 A8 | 239 190 150 | EF BE 96 | 227 139 181 | E3 8B B5 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12424; | &#x3088; | &#12520; | &#x30E8; | &#65430; | &#xFF96; | &#13045; | &#x32F5; |
| Shift JIS | 130 230 | 82 E6 | 131 136 | 83 88 | 214 | D6 | | |
| EUC-JP | 164 232 | A4 E8 | 165 232 | A5 E8 | 142 214 | 8E D6 | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 232 | A4 E8 | 165 232 | A5 E8 | 132 49 155 48 | 84 31 9B 30 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 232 | AA E8 | 171 232 | AB E8 | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 236 | C6 EC | 199 162 | C7 A2 | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 111 | C7 6F | 199 228 | C7 E4 | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | ょ | ょ | ョ | ョ | ｮ | ｮ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YO | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YO | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12423 | U+3087 | 12519 | U+30E7 | 65390 | U+FF6E |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 135 | E3 82 87 | 227 131 167 | E3 83 A7 | 239 189 174 | EF BD AE |
| Numeric character reference | &#12423; | &#x3087; | &#12519; | &#x30E7; | &#65390; | &#xFF6E; |
| Shift JIS | 130 229 | 82 E5 | 131 135 | 83 87 | 174 | AE |
| EUC-JP | 164 231 | A4 E7 | 165 231 | A5 E7 | 142 174 | 8E AE |
| GB 18030 | 164 231 | A4 E7 | 165 231 | A5 E7 | 132 49 151 48 | 84 31 97 30 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 231 | AA E7 | 171 231 | AB E7 | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 235 | C6 EB | 199 161 | C7 A1 | | |
| Big5 (ETEN/> / HKSCS) | 199 110 | C7 6E | 199 227 | C7 E3 | | |