や (ya), hiragana basic
や
ya
や row · a column
hiraganabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Words with や
山やまmountain
休みやすみbreak; day off
安いやすいinexpensive; cheap
How to remember it
やImagine a yak with its horns sticking up. Yak cues the y sound in ya.
Where it comes from
也や
や developed from the cursive writing of 也. The kana uses the shape as a sound symbol.