U+3088, よ
HIRAGANA LETTER YO

[U+3087]
Hiragana
[U+3089]

Translingual

  1. The Yoneda embedding

Japanese

Stroke order
2 strokes

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

(romaji yo)

  1. The hiragana syllable (yo). Its equivalent in katakana is (yo). It is the thirty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ya-gyō o-dan, row ya, section o).
See also

Particle

(yo) 

  1. Indicates certainty, conviction, or emphasis.
    「ポレット(せん)(せい)はいますか。」「はい、います。」
    “Poretto sensei wa imasu ka.” “Hai, imasu yo.”
    "Is Mr. Pollett here?" "Yes, [I'm certain that] he is here."
    そうじゃない
    Sō ja nai yo!
    It's not like that!
  2. (literary, poetic) Used as a vocative particle to address the topic in question: O.
    (あめ)(ゆき)()わってくれ。
    Ame yo yuki ni kawattekure.
    O rain! Please change into snow!
    (かみ)ツァーリを(まも)(たま)え』
    “Kami yo Tsāri o mamoritamae”
    "God Save the Tsar!"
    (ばん)(こく)(ろう)(どう)(しゃ)(だん)(けつ)せよ!」
    “Bankoku no rōdōsha yo, danketsu seyo!”
    "Workers of the world, unite!"
Synonyms
  • (final particle): (informal) (o)

Suffix

(-yo) 

  1. : over, more than

Noun

(yo) 

  1. : night, evening
  2. : deposit, in advance

Pronoun

(yo) 

  1. , : I, me
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