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や (ya) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

The hiragana や is read "ya". Stroke order step by step, the same sound in katakana (ヤ), the look-alikes not to confuse and example words.

Reading
ya
Same sound in katakana
ヤ

Words with や

  • 野菜 やさい — Vegetables
  • 山 やま — Mountain
  • 安い やすい — Cheap
  • 易しい やさしい — Easy / gentle
  • 八百屋 やおや — greengrocer
  • 休み やすみ — holiday; day off; absence

Stroke order · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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