# Ya (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 :
Ya (hiragana: や, katakana: ヤ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both represent [ja]. Their shapes have origins in the character 也.
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [a] vowel (see yōon).
や can be used by itself as a grammatical particle to connect words in a nonexhaustive list (see Japanese particles#ya).
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) | ya | や | ヤ |
| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) | yaa yā | やあ, やぁ やー | ヤア, ヤァ ヤー |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing や | Stroke order in writing ヤ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 大和のヤ Yamato no "Ya" | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-34 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
や / ヤ in Japanese Braille :
| や / ヤ ya | やあ / ヤー yā | ゃ/ャ Yōon* | ゛ゃ/゛ャ Dakuten + Yōon* | ゜ゃ/゜ャ Handakuten + Yōon* |
* The yōon characters ゃ and ャ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-a" kana (e.g. Ka, Sa) 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 | や | や | ヤ | ヤ | ﾔ | ﾔ | ㋳ | ㋳ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER YA | HIRAGANA LETTER YA | KATAKANA LETTER YA | KATAKANA LETTER YA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YA | CIRCLED KATAKANA YA | CIRCLED KATAKANA YA |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12420 | U+3084 | 12516 | U+30E4 | 65428 | U+FF94 | 13043 | U+32F3 |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 132 | E3 82 84 | 227 131 164 | E3 83 A4 | 239 190 148 | EF BE 94 | 227 139 179 | E3 8B B3 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12420; | &#x3084; | &#12516; | &#x30E4; | &#65428; | &#xFF94; | &#13043; | &#x32F3; |
| Shift JIS | 130 226 | 82 E2 | 131 132 | 83 84 | 212 | D4 | | |
| EUC-JP | 164 228 | A4 E4 | 165 228 | A5 E4 | 142 212 | 8E D4 | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 228 | A4 E4 | 165 228 | A5 E4 | 132 49 154 56 | 84 31 9A 38 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 228 | AA E4 | 171 228 | AB E4 | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 232 | C6 E8 | 199 124 | C7 7C | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 107 | C7 6B | 199 224 | C7 E0 | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | ゃ | ゃ | ャ | ャ | ｬ | ｬ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YA | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YA | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YA |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12419 | U+3083 | 12515 | U+30E3 | 65388 | U+FF6C |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 131 | E3 82 83 | 227 131 163 | E3 83 A3 | 239 189 172 | EF BD AC |
| Numeric character reference | &#12419; | &#x3083; | &#12515; | &#x30E3; | &#65388; | &#xFF6C; |
| Shift JIS | 130 225 | 82 E1 | 131 131 | 83 83 | 172 | AC |
| EUC-JP | 164 227 | A4 E3 | 165 227 | A5 E3 | 142 172 | 8E AC |
| GB 18030 | 164 227 | A4 E3 | 165 227 | A5 E3 | 132 49 150 56 | 84 31 96 38 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 227 | AA E3 | 171 227 | AB E3 | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 231 | C6 E7 | 199 123 | C7 7B | | |
| Big5 (ETEN/> / HKSCS) | 199 106 | C7 6A | 199 223 | C7 DF | | |