# 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.

- Reading: ya
- Strokes: 3
- Katakana: ヤ

## Words with や

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| やめる | yameru | to stop |
| やま | yama | mountain |
| やってくる | yattekuru | to come along |
| やくそく | yakusoku | promise |
| やきゅう | yakyuu | baseball |
| やすむ | yasumu | to rest; to take a day off |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/ya/. Last updated 2026-11-01.