Nu (kana)

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The hiragana ぬ.

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The katakana ヌ.

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ぬ, in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana (IPA [nɯ]), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. These syllabary characters for the syllable "nu" are derived ultimately from the Chinese character 奴. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes.

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the "u" sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to the English "n."

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

Other additional forms
Form (nw-) 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

Writing the character

Stroke order in writing ぬ

Stroke order in writing ヌ

Trivia

The character in the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo manga, Jelly Jiggler/Tokoro Tennosuke, is obsessed with the character ぬ.