ゆ

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝ]

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 由 in the cursive sōsho style.

ゆ (romaji yu)

1. The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu). Its equivalent in katakana is ユ (yu). It is the thirty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行う段 (ya-gyō u-dan, “row ya, section u”).

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Attaches to the irrealis form of verbs. Conjugates as a lower bigrade: ye, ye, yu, yuru, yure, -.

ゆ (rōmaji -yu)

1. expresses passiveness
2. expresses possibility
3. expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence

Cognate with mainland Japanese を (wo).

ゆ (romaji yu)

1. (archaic) direct object particle