Yori (kana)
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| Transliteration | yori | ||
| Hiragana origin | より | ||
| Katakana origin | ヨリ | ||
Yori (hiragana: ゟ, katakana: 
) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent [joɾi] "from". ゟ is a combination (ligature) of the hiragana graphs of yo (よ) and ri (り), while is a combination (ligature) of the katakana graphs of yo (ヨ) and ri (リ).
In Unicode
| Preview | ゟ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA DIGRAPH YORI | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12447 | U+309F |
| UTF-8 | 227 130 159 | E3 82 9F |
| Numeric character reference | ゟ |
ゟ |
| JIS X 0213 | 34 57 | 22 39 |
The katakana for yori has been approved by the UTC as of October 29, 2025. Code points U+1B123 to U+1B126 have been reserved for its addition with other polysyllabic kana in Unicode 18.0.[1]
References
Sources
- ^ "Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline". Unicode. Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
See also
Look up ゟ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.