第15課Lesson 15 of 16
Blended sounds: HY, MY, RY
The same blending rule works for the h, m, and r rows.
ヒャヒュヒョミャミュミョリャリュリョ
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How it sounds
These blends work like the last set. ヒャ, ヒュ, ヒョ are hya, hyu, hyo, with a breathy h. ミャ, ミュ, ミョ are mya, myu, myo. リャ, リュ, リョ are rya, ryu, ryo with the same quick tongue tap you learned for リ.
Reading tips
Easy to mix up
ミュ is the most common of these in everyday katakana, in words like ミュージカル.
Read each pair as one unit. The small kana only tells you how the first one ends.
New kana
Picture each shape, then say it.
ヒャhya
ヒ + small ヤ: hya.
ヒュhyu
ヒ + small ユ: hyu.
ヒョhyo
ヒ + small ヨ: hyo.
ミャmya
ミ + small ヤ: mya.
ミュmyu
ミ + small ユ: myu.
ミョmyo
ミ + small ヨ: myo.
リャrya
リ + small ヤ: rya.
リュryu
リ + small ユ: ryu.
リョryo
リ + small ヨ: ryo.
Real vocabulary
Words you can read now
- ミュージカルmyūjikarumusical
- ボリュームboryūmuvolume
- ヒューマンhyūmanhuman
- ヒューズhyūzuelectrical fuse
- ミャンマーmyanmāMyanmar