ゆ

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ゆ U+3086, ゆ
HIRAGANA LETTER YU
← ゅ
[U+3085] 		HiraganaCategory:Hiragana block#*0000012422 ょ →
[U+3087]
Category:Hiragana script characters#%20ゆ

Japanese

hentaigana form (obsolete variant hiragana form (𛃥). Another form of cursive 由)
Stroke order
2 strokes

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent#ゆ

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ゆ • (yuCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#ゆCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#ゆ) Category:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese syllables#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

  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”).
See also

Category:Requests for attention concerning Japanese#ゆ

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ゆ – see the following entries.
【柚】J Category:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese proper nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆ
[noun] (possibly obsolete) yuzu (Citrus junos)
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, ゆ (yu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ゆ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゆ.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 遊, 由, 油, 喩, 愉, 諭, 輸, 癒, 諛.)Category:Japanese redlinks/ja-see#ゆCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ゆ – see the following entries.
【湯】3 Category:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆ
[noun] warm or hot water
[noun] bathwater
[noun] a hot spring
[noun] a medicinal bath
[noun] a medicinal decoction
[noun] (nautical) bilgewater
[noun] (metallurgy) molten metal used in casting or founding
[noun] urine
【弓】2 Category:Japanese prefixes#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆ
[prefix] a bow, a bow shape
【斎】S Category:Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆ
[noun] (Shinto) holy, pure, sacred
(This term, ゆ (yu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ゆ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゆ.)
Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

Etymology 4

From Old JapaneseCategory:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#ゆCategory:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#ゆ.

Suffix

ゆ • (-yuCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#ゆCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#ゆ) Category:Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Japanese suffixes#ゆCategory:Japanese hiragana#ゆCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

  1. (Classical JapaneseCategory:Classical Japanese#ゆ) attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of verbs
    1. expresses passiveness
    2. expresses possibility
    3. expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence
Conjugation
Derived terms

Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-RyukyuanCategory:Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan#ゆCategory:Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Ryukyuan#ゆ *wo, from Proto-JaponicCategory:Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#ゆCategory:Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Japonic#ゆ *wo.

Cognate with standard Japanese を (wo).

Pronunciation

Particle

ゆ (yu) Category:Okinawan lemmas#ゆCategory:Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆCategory:Okinawan particles#ゆCategory:Okinawan hiragana#ゆCategory:Okinawan entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

  1. (archaicCategory:Okinawan terms with archaic senses#ゆ, literaryCategory:Okinawan literary terms#ゆ, with transitive verb) accusative case particle
    誰(たる)ゆ恨(うら)みとぅてぃ鳴(な)ちゅが浜(はま)千(ち)鳥(どぅり)。
    Taru-yu uramituti nachuga hamachiduri.
    Who do you hate when you sing, the plover on the beach?
    Category:Okinawan terms with usage examples#ゆCategory:Okinawan terms with usage examples#ゆ
  2. (archaicCategory:Okinawan terms with archaic senses#ゆ, literaryCategory:Okinawan literary terms#ゆ, with intransitive verb) away from, off
  3. (archaicCategory:Okinawan terms with archaic senses#ゆ, literaryCategory:Okinawan literary terms#ゆ, with intransitive verb) along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc.

Usage notes

In modern Okinawan parlance this accusative particle is simply omitted from direct objects and the like, turning the language into a marked nominative language.

References

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
所

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Japanese entries#ゆ

Suffix

ゆ (-yu)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Old Japanese suffixes#ゆCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

  1. attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of verbs
    1. expresses passiveness
    2. expresses possibility
    3. expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence
Usage notes
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Japanese entries#ゆ

Particle

ゆ (yu)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Old Japanese particles#ゆCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

  1. since
  2. through
  3. by (means of)
  4. from
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Proto-JaponicCategory:Old Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#ゆ *yu.

Noun

ゆ (yu)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#ゆCategory:Old Japanese nouns#ゆCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆCategory:Pages with entries#ゆCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ゆ

  1. 湯: hot water, hot spring
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