# Yu (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 :
ゆ, in hiragana or ユ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represents one mora. Both the hiragana and katakana forms are written in two strokes and represent the sound [jɯ].
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [ɯ] vowel (see yōon).
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) | yu | ゆ | ユ |
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) | yuu yū | ゆう ゆー | ユウ ユー |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing ゆ | Stroke order in writing ユ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 弓矢のユ Yumiya no "Yu" | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-346 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
ゆ / ユ in Japanese Braille :
| ゆ / ユ yu | ゆう / ユー yū | ゅ/ュ Yōon* | ゛ゅ/゛ュ Dakuten + Yōon* | ゜ゅ/゜ュ Handakuten + Yōon* |
* The yōon characters ゅ and ュ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-u" kana (e.g. Ku, Su) 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 | ゆ | ゆ | ユ | ユ | ﾕ | ﾕ | ㋴ | ㋴ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER YU | HIRAGANA LETTER YU | KATAKANA LETTER YU | KATAKANA LETTER YU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YU | CIRCLED KATAKANA YU | CIRCLED KATAKANA YU |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12422 | U+3086 | 12518 | U+30E6 | 65429 | U+FF95 | 13044 | U+32F4 |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 134 | E3 82 86 | 227 131 166 | E3 83 A6 | 239 190 149 | EF BE 95 | 227 139 180 | E3 8B B4 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12422; | &#x3086; | &#12518; | &#x30E6; | &#65429; | &#xFF95; | &#13044; | &#x32F4; |
| Shift JIS | 130 228 | 82 E4 | 131 134 | 83 86 | 213 | D5 | | |
| EUC-JP | 164 230 | A4 E6 | 165 230 | A5 E6 | 142 213 | 8E D5 | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 230 | A4 E6 | 165 230 | A5 E6 | 132 49 154 57 | 84 31 9A 39 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 230 | AA E6 | 171 230 | AB E6 | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 234 | C6 EA | 199 126 | C7 7E | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 109 | C7 6D | 199 226 | C7 E2 | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | ゅ | ゅ | ュ | ュ | ｭ | ｭ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YU | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YU |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12421 | U+3085 | 12517 | U+30E5 | 65389 | U+FF6D |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 133 | E3 82 85 | 227 131 165 | E3 83 A5 | 239 189 173 | EF BD AD |
| Numeric character reference | &#12421; | &#x3085; | &#12517; | &#x30E5; | &#65389; | &#xFF6D; |
| Shift JIS | 130 227 | 82 E3 | 131 133 | 83 85 | 173 | AD |
| EUC-JP | 164 229 | A4 E5 | 165 229 | A5 E5 | 142 173 | 8E AD |
| GB 18030 | 164 229 | A4 E5 | 165 229 | A5 E5 | 132 49 150 57 | 84 31 96 39 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 229 | AA E5 | 171 229 | AB E5 | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 233 | C6 E9 | 199 125 | C7 7D | | |
| Big5 (ETEN/> / HKSCS) | 199 108 | C7 6C | 199 225 | C7 E1 | | |