Katakana
ヤ The katakana “ya”
At a glance
- Reading
- ya
- Hiragana twin
- やya
- Same row
- ヤyaユyuヨyo
Written small (ャ) after a kana ending in « i », it merges with it into one sound: キャ = kya.
1 word with ヤ
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