Ya (kana)

や, in hiragana, or ヤ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both are pronounced (IPA) . Their shapes have origins in the character 也.When small and accompanied by an -i kana, this kana represents not a separate sound but a modification of that of another (see yōon).
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