Japanese

stroke order

Combining form

ゃ

1. Combining form of や, used in yōon mora (拗音) that end in the a sound.

Related terms

• ャ ‎(ya) - katakana

Usage notes

This letter appears in the hiragana きゃ ‎(kya), しゃ ‎(sha), ちゃ ‎(cha), にゃ ‎(nya), ひゃ ‎(hya), みゃ ‎(mya), and りゃ ‎(rya); in the dakuten (濁点) ぎゃ ‎(gya), じゃ ‎(ja), and びゃ ‎(bya); and in the handakuten (半濁点) ぴゃ ‎(pya).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ