Hiragana 8

I love the Y Hiragana set.

Full lesson here:
http://www.japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/hiragana_drill/hiragana08.html

や (ya)

ゆ (yu)

よ (yo)

You may be wondering what happened to "yi" and "ye". Well, Japan decided that yi and ye were simply too complicated and that having i and e in their place would be better. So on a chart of Hiragana you may see an i and e in the blank spots. Since there is already both an i and an e there was no reason to make a new character for them.

Why do I love the Y set? Something about it makes it easy to remember. よ looks kind of like "YO" written in some kind of sideways cursive. や kinda reminds me of a Y too. ゆ...looks like a fish, I have no idea how that makes it easy to remember but whatever.

As practiced many times, make sure to write the Hiragana repeatedly, and practice your virtual flash cards at http://www.realkana.com/.