No (kana)

To write の, begin slightly above the center, stroke downward diagonally, then round upward and continue curve around, leaving a small gap at the bottom.

To write ノ, simply do a swooping curve from top-right to bottom left.

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• Full Braille representation

• Computer encodings

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|30CE|name2=Katakana Letter No

|FF89|name3=Halfwidth Katakana Letter No

|32E8|name4=Circled Katakana No

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{{Original research|section|date=March 2025}}

The leftmost, predominantly vertical segment of the man'yōgana was used to create the katakana {{Lang|ja|ノ}}.

When the kanji {{Lang|ja|乃}} is written in the highly cursive, flowing grass script style, it begins to resemble the hiragana {{Lang|ja|の}}.

Hentaigana and gyaru-moji variant kana forms of no can also be found.

{{main|Japanese phonology|Japanese grammar}}

の is a dental nasal consonant, articulated on the upper teeth, combined with a close-mid back rounded vowel to form one mora.

In the Japanese language, as well as forming words, の may be a particle showing possession. For example, the phrase "わたしのでんわ” watashi no denwa means "my telephone."

File:的の in Taiwan.jpg (and 犬 in place of 狗) in Taipei]]

の has also proliferated on signs and labels in the Chinese-speaking world. It is used in place of the Modern Chinese possessive marker {{linktext|的|lang=zh}} de or Classical Chinese possessive marker {{linktext|之|lang=zh}} zhī, and の is pronounced in the same way as the Chinese character it replaces. This is usually done to "stand out" or to give an "exotic/Japanese feel", e.g. in commercial brand names, such as the fruit juice brand {{lang|zh|鲜の每日C}}, where the の can be read as both 之 zhī, the possessive marker, and as 汁 zhī, meaning "juice".{{cite web |url=http://portal.nifty.com/koneta05/09/19/02/ |title=@nifty：デイリーポータルZ：中国に日本の「の」が浸透した |publisher=Portal.nifty.com |access-date=2016-04-21}} In Hong Kong, the Companies Registry has extended official recognition to this practice, and permits の to be used in Chinese names of registered businesses; it is thus the only non-Chinese symbol to be granted this treatment (aside from punctuation marks with no pronunciation value).[http://www.ird.gov.hk/eng/tax/bre_abr.htm#4 {{"'}}Business' Required to be Registered and Application for Business Registration: Business Name"], Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong).

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{{Wiktionary|の|ノ}}

• [http://www.nuthatch.com/kanji/demo/r4.html Information on kana-no from Nuthatch Graphics]

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