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ヤ — katakana “ya”

ヤ is the katakana character for the sound “ya”. It is written with 2 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is や.

ヤ
Stroke order of ヤ (ya)
Reading
ya
Script
katakana
Strokes
2
Row
the ヤ row
Hiragana
や

How to write ヤ

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 ヤ

WordReadingMeaning
ヤードyaadoyard
タイヤtaiyatire
ダイヤdaiyadiamond; train timetable

The whole row

Practise ヤ free

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