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    1. Yoon are contracted syllables in Japanese consisting of a consonant and vowel. There are 36 total yoon formed from combining hiragana consonants with ya, yu, or yo. 2. To write yoon in romaji, the vowel of the first syllable is deleted when combining the syllables. For example, ki + yo is written as kyo, deleting the i. 3. There are three ways consonants can be combined with ya, yu, or yo to form yoon - with k, n, h, m, r; with s or ts; or with j. In each case, the vowel and sometimes y are deleted in pronunciation and

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    1. Yoon are contracted syllables in Japanese consisting of a consonant and vowel. There are 36 total yoon formed from combining hiragana consonants with ya, yu, or yo. 2. To write yoon in romaji, the vowel of the first syllable is deleted when combining the syllables. For example, ki + yo is written as kyo, deleting the i. 3. There are three ways consonants can be combined with ya, yu, or yo to form yoon - with k, n, h, m, r; with s or ts; or with j. In each case, the vowel and sometimes y are deleted in pronunciation and

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    1. Yoon are contracted syllables in Japanese consisting of a consonant and vowel. There are 36 total yoon formed from combining hiragana consonants with ya, yu, or yo. 2. To write yoon in romaji, the vowel of the first syllable is deleted when combining the syllables. For example, ki + yo is written as kyo, deleting the i. 3. There are three ways consonants can be combined with ya, yu, or yo to form yoon - with k, n, h, m, r; with s or ts; or with j. In each case, the vowel and sometimes y are deleted in pronunciation and

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    1. Yoon are contracted syllables in Japanese consisting of a consonant and vowel. There are 36 total yoon formed from combining hiragana consonants with ya, yu, or yo. 2. To write yoon in romaji, the vowel of the first syllable is deleted when combining the syllables. For example, ki + yo is written as kyo, deleting the i. 3. There are three ways consonants can be combined with ya, yu, or yo to form yoon - with k, n, h, m, r; with s or ts; or with j. In each case, the vowel and sometimes y are deleted in pronunciation and

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    YÕON

    YÕON
    The thirty-six contracted syllables consists of twenty one basic yoon plus
    twelve where a consonant becomes voiced and three where a consonant become
    semivoiced.

    All of the symbols that represents consonants combined with the vowel (i)
    make yoon (contracted syllables) when followed by (ya), (yu) or (yo). Thus (ki) + (ya)
    becomes (kya), (ki) + (yo) becomes (kyo). The Hiragana representation of each
    these syllables is made with a full-size Hiragana and a half size (ya), (yu) or (yo). All
    of the consonants form this combination in one of the three following.

    1. C(onsonants) V(owels)
    Y +
    K, N, H, M, R + A, U, O

    Ex. Ki (き) YO (ょ)

    K(I) YO (きょ), as in the kyo of kyonen (last year)


    As indicated, in writing the (ki) and (yo) together in romaji to form one syllable
    (kyo), you always delete the letter i in the first syllable : K(i)YO KYO. Note that
    this KYO contrasts with the word KIYO (contributions). There are many similar
    cases.

    2. C(onsonants) V(owels)
    Y +
    S,or C + A, U, O

    Ex. CHI (ち) YA (ゃ)

    CH(I)(Y)A (ちゃ), as in the cha of ocha (tea)


    As indicated, pronouncing (chi) and (ya) together to form one syllable (cha) results
    in the deletion of the vowel (i) in the first syllable and the (y) in the second
    syllable. The same deletions are made when writing romaji.

    2. C(onsonants) V(owels)
    Y +
    J + A, U, O

    Ex. JI (じ) YU (ゅ)

    JI(Y)U (じゅ), as in the ju of shinju (pearl)

    As indicated, in combining (ji) and (yu) to produce the syllable (ju), the vowel (i)
    and the (y) are deleted.
    KYA
    KYU
    KYO
    SHA
    SHU
    SHO
    CHA
    CHU
    CHO
    NYA
    NYU
    NYO
    HYA
    HYU
    HYO
    MYA
    MYU
    MYO
    RYA
    RYU
    RYO
    GYA
    GYU
    GYO
    JA
    JU
    JO
    BYA
    BYU
    BYO
    PYA
    PYU
    PYO
    Columns & Rows to Remember in
    Yoon of Katakana

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