Typing Hiragana with combinations on iOS

Question

This may be out of place, and it's certainly a beginner's question.

I can find no way to type hiragana with combinations on iOS, using the hiragana keyboard.

An example is kyo きょ I can find no way to type this combination using the hiragana keyboard on iOS.

What is the required combination please?

Answer 1

As Dim mentions, you need to use 小("small") button after you type the "big" kana. So, to type きょ:

1. type き (flick 'か' left)
2. type よ (flick 'や' down)
3. tap 小 which will turn よ into ょ, giving you きょ.

P.S. On non-vowels, 小”° is also used for adding dakuten (e.g. tap once for は→ば) or handakuten(tap twice for は→ぱ).

Answer 2

If you use the 日本語ローマ字 (Romaji) keyboard then the key sequence kyo will expand to きょ.