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    Yōon are Japanese digraphs represented in hiragana using a kana ending in i plus a small version of ゃ, ゅ, or ょ. For example, きょう uses a small よ. A yōon is exactly one mora long, the same length as its equivalent single kana. In the past, yōon were not distinguished with smaller kana and had to be guessed contextually.

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    Yōon are Japanese digraphs represented in hiragana using a kana ending in i plus a small version of ゃ, ゅ, or ょ. For example, きょう uses a small よ. A yōon is exactly one mora long, the same length as its equivalent single kana. In the past, yōon were not distinguished with smaller kana and had to be guessed contextually.

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    Yōon are Japanese digraphs represented in hiragana using a kana ending in i plus a small version of ゃ, ゅ, or ょ. For example, きょう uses a small よ. A yōon is exactly one mora long, the same length as its equivalent single kana. In the past, yōon were not distinguished with smaller kana and had to be guessed contextually.

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    Yōon are Japanese digraphs represented in hiragana using a kana ending in i plus a small version of ゃ, ゅ, or ょ. For example, きょう uses a small よ. A yōon is exactly one mora long, the same length as its equivalent single kana. In the past, yōon were not distinguished with smaller kana and had to be guessed contextually.

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    Yon are digraphs (two sounds placed together to create a new sound), represented in
    hiragana using a kana ending in i, such as , plus a small version of one of the three Y-
    row kana: , , or .
    For example ky, is written , using a small version of . Contrast this with
    kiy, skillful, which is written , with a full-sized .
    A yon is exactly one mora long In other words, the sound is exactly as long as
    . This may seem unnatural at first but its important to get used to it or youll confuse
    both yourself and others.
    Compare small and full size y kana:

    This may look confusing at first, but consider yourself lucky; in the past, yon were not
    distinguished with the smaller kana, and had to be guessed by context alone!




    Note that digraphs beginning with are read exactly like those starting with .



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