Yo (kana)


Yo 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 .
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the vowel.
In mathematics, よ is sometimes used to represent the Yoneda embedding.
FormsRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal y-
yoよヨ
Normal y-
you
yoo
yō		よう, よぅ
よお, よぉ
よー		ヨウ, ヨゥ
ヨオ, ヨォ
ヨー

Other communicative representations

The yōon characters ょ and ョ are encoded in Japanese Braille by prefixing "-o" kana with a yōon braille indicator, which can be combined with the "Dakuten" or "Handakuten" braille indicators for the appropriate consonant sounds.