Nu (hiragana: ぬ, katakana: ヌ) is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent . They are both derived from the Chinese character 奴. In the Ainu language, katakana ヌ can be written as small ㇴ to represent a final n, and is interchangeable with the standard katakana ン.
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal n-(な行 na-gyō)nuぬヌnuu, nwunūぬう, ぬぅぬーヌウ, ヌゥヌー
Other additional forms+Form (nw-)RōmajiHiraganaKatakananwaぬぁ, ぬゎヌァ, ヌヮnwiぬぃヌィ(nwu)(ぬぅ)(ヌゥ)nweぬぇヌェnwoぬぉヌォ
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
Braille forms ぬ / ヌ in Japanese Braille ぬ / ヌ nu ぬう / ヌー nū Other kana based on Braille ぬ にゅ / ニュ nyu にゅう / ニュー nyū
Computer encodings
In popular culture
In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ぬ is Jelly Jiggler's favorite character.
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