TYJ Double hiragana for consonants + y + vowels

Double hiragana for consonants + y + vowels

A double kana consists of two kana, but it stands for a single mora, not two morae. All of the double hiragana shown here are combinations of a hiragana for a consonant + "i" and a smaller kind of hiragana of either や, ゆ, or よ ("ya", "yu", "yo"). The rule is simple: to write the mora "CyV" ("C" is a consonant, and "V" is a vowel), use the kana for "Ci" and the small kana for "yV". For example, the mora "kya" is written with the kana for "ki" and the small kana for "ya".

k + y + vowels:


g + y + vowels:


s + y + vowels:


z + y + vowels:


t + y + vowels:


d + y + vowels:


n + y + vowels:


h + y + vowels:


b + y + vowels:


p + y + vowels:


m + y + vowels:


r + y + vowels:


Hiragana examples:


For your interest: This word actually means all kinds of tea, and tea often means green tea in Japan. If you want to distinguish various teas, use the word りょくちゃ "ryokutya" for green tea and the word こうちゃ "kôtya" for European tea. Japanese tea is not always green; ほうじちゃ "hôzitya" (roasted tea) and げんまいちゃ "genmaitya" (roasted tea with popped rice) are brown. Other than them, うーろんちゃ "ûrontya" (oolong tea) and むぎちゃ "mugitya" (barley tea) are popular. Japanese people never use sugar or milk for any tea but European tea.