Nijikana

Hiragana や (ya)

や is one of the 46 basic characters, read “ya”, written with 3 strokes.

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Memory trick

A yak with horns: ya!

Words with や

  • おやすみoyasumi · good night
  • やすいyasui · cheap

Practise や until it sticks

It's taught in hiragana lesson 8, "Y & W rows + n". Nijikana drills each character with mini-games and audio, and spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget it.

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