kyu

See also: kyû, kyū, and kyū-

Translingual

Symbol

kyu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Western Kayah.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Western Kayah terms

English

Etymology

From Japanese 級 (kyū).

Noun

kyu (plural kyus)

1. A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts, flower arranging, and the game of go.

Anagrams

• yuk

Japanese

Romanization

kyu

1. The hiragana syllable きゅ (kyu) or the katakana syllable キュ (kyu) in Hepburn romanization.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English cue, the English name of the letter Q/q.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkju/ [ˈkju]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: kyu

Noun

kyu (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter Q/q, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) cu

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

• “kyu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018