ぴゃぴゅぴょ — The PY Row
Why the PY yōon?
The PY yōon group is the final set in the entire hiragana chart — the only handakuten yōon, formed by HY + the round circle ゜ instead of the two-tick dakuten ゛. ぴゃ appears mostly in phonetic shifts of 百 ("hundred"): 六百 (roppyaku, 600), 八百 (happyaku, 800). ぴゅ is rare — wind onomatopoeia (ぴゅーぴゅー, pyuupyuu, "whistling") and loanwords (ピューマ, pyuuma, "puma"). ぴょ is best known for the iconic hopping onomatopoeia ぴょんぴょん (pyon-pyon) — heard everywhere from children's stories to anime. With ぴょ, you've reached the end of the standard hiragana chart.
Pronunciation at a glance
Words you can read with PY combined kana
With the entire hiragana chart now under your belt — every base kana, every dakuten, every handakuten, every yōon — you can read any modern Japanese text written in hiragana. These examples lean on ぴゃ, ぴゅ, ぴょ. Print these as flashcards →
You've finished the chart 🎉
With ぴょ written, you've completed every kana in modern hiragana — every base, every dakuten, every handakuten, every yōon. From here, the natural next steps are: (1) start katakana at studykatakana.com — same sounds, different shapes, used for loanwords and emphasis; (2) begin kanji — the Chinese-derived ideograms that carry most of the meaning in Japanese text; or (3) keep drilling hiragana with the printable flashcard decks from this site until every character is automatic.