# ヨ — katakana “yo”

ヨ is the katakana character for the sound “yo”. It is written with 3 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is よ.

- Reading: yo
- Strokes: 3
- Hiragana: よ

## Words with ヨ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ヨーロッパ | yooroppa | Europe |
| ヨット | yotto | yacht |
| ニューヨーク | nyuuyooku | New York |

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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/katakana-chart/yo/. Last updated 2026-11-01.