# ユ — katakana “yu”

ユ is the katakana character for the sound “yu”. It is written with 2 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ゆ.

- Reading: yu
- Strokes: 2
- Hiragana: ゆ

## Don't confuse it with

コ

## Words with ユ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ユーモア | yuumoa | humor |

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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/yu/. Last updated 2026-11-01.