myo / ミョ
The last MY combined kana — ミ plus a small ョ becomes “myo,” one syllable. Rare; seen in ミョウガ (myoga ginger).
Pronunciation
The compound character ミョ represents the syllable 'myo'. Extremely rare in modern katakana — most 'myo' sounds appear in native Japanese words written in hiragana or kanji.
ミョ is ミ (mi) plus a small ョ, read as one syllable, “myo.” It's rare in loanwords — most often the herb ミョウガ (myoga ginger) — and turns up in a few native readings. The combining rule is unchanged.
How to write ミョ
Trace ミョ on the canvas at the top of the page. Animated arrows show each stroke's direction; trace along them and the stroke fills in. Each numbered step below explains what that stroke does.
Write ミ exactly: three short strokes stacked and tilted down to the right, like the kanji 三 (three).
Write a small ョ tucked into the lower right at about half height — a miniature ヨ (a top-and-right stroke, a middle bar, then a bottom bar).
Origin
Katakana ミョ combines ミ — from the kanji 三 (mi, “three”) — with a small ョ (reduced ヨ, from 與). Together they spell a single “myo” sound.
Common words starting with ミョ
Printable practice sheet
Print this worksheet to practice writing ミョ by hand — the top row shows the stroke order to trace, then fill the blank squares.
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