Yo (kana)

yo
hiragana katakana
transliteration	yo
hiragana origin	与
katakana origin	與

よ, in hiragana, or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three. Both represent [jo].

When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents not a separate sound but a modification of that of another (see yōon)

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō)	yo	よ	ヨ
	you yoo yō, yoh	よう, よぅ よお, よぉ よー	ヨウ, ヨゥ ヨオ, ヨォ ヨー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing よ

Stroke order in writing ヨ

Stroke order in writing よ

Stroke order in writing ヨ

Other representations

• Computer encodings

Character	よ		ヨ		ﾖ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER YO		KATAKANA LETTER YO		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER YO
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12424	U+3088	12520	U+30E8	65430	U+FF96
UTF-8	227 130 136	E3 82 88	227 131 168	E3 83 A8	239 190 150	EF BE 96
Numeric character reference	よ	よ	ヨ	ヨ	ﾖ	ﾖ
Shift JIS	130 230	82 E6	131 136	83 88	214	D6

• Braille

Character	ょ		ョ		ｮ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL YO		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL YO
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12423	U+3087	12519	U+30E7	65390	U+FF6E
UTF-8	227 130 135	E3 82 87	227 131 167	E3 83 A7	239 189 174	EF BD AE
Numeric character reference	ょ	ょ	ョ	ョ	ｮ	ｮ
Shift JIS	130 229	82 E5	131 135	83 87	174	AE

よ / ヨ in Japanese Braille
よ / ヨ yo	よう / ヨー yō

• Japanese semaphore

See also

• Yori (kana)