myu / ミュ
The middle MY combined kana — ミ plus a small ュ becomes “myu.” The common one: it opens music, musical, and museum.
Pronunciation
The compound character ミュ represents the syllable 'myu'. Common in loanwords — music, musical, museum, community, communication.
ミュ is ミ (mi) plus a small ュ, read as one syllable, “myu.” It's the workhorse of the set, standing in for English “mu”: ミュージック (music), ミュージカル (musical), ミュージアム (museum), ミュート (mute), and inside コミュニティ (community).
How to write ミュ
Trace ミュ 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 ュ tucked into the lower right at about half height — a miniature ユ (a top-and-right turn, then a base bar).
Origin
Katakana ミュ combines ミ — from the kanji 三 (mi, “three”) — with a small ュ (reduced ユ, from 由). Together they spell a single “myu” sound.
Common words starting with ミュ
Printable practice sheet
Print this worksheet to practice writing ミュ by hand — the top row shows the stroke order to trace, then fill the blank squares.
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