Nu (kana)
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{{Infobox kana
|Hiragana image =Japanese_Hiragana_kyokashotai_NU.svg
|Katakana image = Japanese Katakana kyokashotai NU.svg
|Transliteration = nu
|Hiragana Manyogana = 奴
|Katakana Manyogana = 奴
|Other Manyogana = 奴 努 怒 農 濃 沼 宿
|Braille = File:Japanese Nu Braille.svg
|Unicode = U+306C, U+30CC
|flag1=9|flag2=4
|Footnotes =
|Spelling = 沼津のヌ (Numazu no nu)
}}
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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 {{IPA|[nɯ]}}. 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.
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!Form |
| rowspan="2" |Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) |nu |ぬ |ヌ |
|---|
| nuu, nwu nū |ぬう, ぬぅ |ヌウ, ヌゥ |
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!colspan="2"|Other additional forms |
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|+Form (nw-) |
| nwa
|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
{{Letter reps|lang=Japanese|radio={{lang|ja|沼津のヌ}}|radio_trans=Numazu no "Nu"|morse=・・・・ |morse_sound=H morse code.ogg|flag_img=ICS Hotel.svg|sign_img=NU-jsl-yubimoji.png|sem1=Japanese Semaphore Basic Stroke 9.svg|sem2=Japanese Semaphore Basic Stroke 4.svg|braille_img=Japanese Nu Braille.svg|braille=⠍}}
- Full Braille representation
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| colspan=4| ぬ / ヌ in Japanese Braille | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2| ぬ / ヌ nu | rowspan=2| ぬう / ヌー nū | colspan=2| Other kana based on Braille ぬ | |
| にゅ / ニュ nyu | にゅう / ニュー nyū | ||
| {{Braille cell|type=kana|size=30px|ぬ}} | {{Braille cell|type=kana|size=30px|ぬ|25}} | {{Braille cell|type=kana|size=30px|4|ぬ}} | {{Braille cell|type=kana|size=30px|4|ぬ|25}} |
{{charmap
|306C|name1=Hiragana Letter Nu
|30CC|name2=Katakana Letter Nu
|FF87|name3=Halfwidth Katakana Letter Nu
|31F4|name4=Katakana Letter Small Nu
|32E6|name5=Circled Katakana Nu
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|map5=GB 18030{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/GB18030-2005|title=GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set|last=Standardization Administration of China (SAC)|date=2005-11-18}}|map5char1=A4 CC|map5char2=A5 CC|map5char3=84 31 99 35|map5char4=81 39 BC 38
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|map7=Big5 (non-ETEN kana){{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/OBSOLETE/EASTASIA/OTHER/BIG5.TXT |title=BIG5 to Unicode table (complete) |author=Unicode Consortium |author-link=Unicode Consortium |date=2015-12-02 |orig-year=1994-02-11}}|map7char1=C6 D0|map7char2=C7 64
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In popular culture
{{Wiktionarypar|ぬ|ヌ}}
In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ぬ is Jelly Jiggler's favorite character.