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?? is transcribed as kya to distinguish it from the two-kana ??, kiya.
* si+y* and ti+y* are often transcribed sh* and ch* instead of sy* and ty*. For example, ?? is transcribed as sha, and ?? is transcribed as chu.
* In earlier Japanese, digraphs could also be formed with w-kana. Although obsolete in modern Japanese, the digraphs ?? (/kwa/) and ??/???(/kwi/), are preserved in certain Okinawan orthographies. In addition, the kana ? can be used in Okinawan to form the digraph ??, which represents the /kwe/ sound.
* In loanwords,

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