Nu (kana)

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nu
hiragana;	katakana;
transliteration	nu
hiragana origin	奴
katakana origin	奴
unicode	U+306C, U+30CC
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Nu, ぬ in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent [nu͍]. 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.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal n- (な行 na-gyō)	nu	ぬ	ヌ
Normal n- (な行 na-gyō)	nuu nū	ぬう, ぬぅぬー	ヌウ, ヌゥヌー

Other additional forms

**Form (*nw-*)**
Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
nwa	ぬぁ	ヌァ
nwi	ぬぃ	ヌィ
(nwu)	(ぬぅ)	(ヌゥ)
nwe	ぬぇ	ヌェ
nwo	ぬぉ	ヌォ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ぬ

Stroke order in writing ヌ

Other representations

Computer encodings

Character information
Preview	ぬ		ヌ		ﾇ		ㇴ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER NU		KATAKANA LETTER NU		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NU		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL NU
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	12396	U+306C	12492	U+30CC	65415	U+FF87	12788	U+31F4
UTF-8	227 129 172	E3 81 AC	227 131 140	E3 83 8C	239 190 135	EF BE 87	227 135 180	E3 87 B4
Numeric character reference	ぬ	ぬ	ヌ	ヌ	ﾇ	ﾇ	ㇴ	ㇴ
Shift JIS	130 202	82 CA	131 107	83 6B	199	C7