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や — hiragana “ya”

や is the hiragana character for the sound “ya”. It is written with 3 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ヤ.

や
Stroke order of や (ya)
Reading
ya
Script
hiragana
Strokes
3
Row
the や row
Katakana
ヤ

How to write や

Follow the numbers on the diagram: each stroke starts at its number. Keep to this order, because that is how your hand remembers the shape.

Words with や

WordReadingMeaning
やめるyameruto stop
やまyamamountain
やってくるyattekuruto come along
やくそくyakusokupromise
やきゅうyakyuubaseball
やすむyasumuto rest; to take a day off

The whole row

Practise や free

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