# Nu (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 [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.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) | nu | ぬ | ヌ |
| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) | nuu, nwu nū | ぬう, ぬぅ ぬー | ヌウ, ヌゥ ヌー |
Other additional forms :
Form (nw-) :
| Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| 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

| Stroke order in writing ぬ | Stroke order in writing ヌ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 沼津のヌ Numazu no "Nu" | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-134 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
ぬ / ヌ in Japanese Braille :
| ぬ / ヌ nu | ぬう / ヌー nū | Other kana based on Braille ぬ | Other kana based on Braille ぬ |
| ぬ / ヌ nu | ぬう / ヌー nū | にゅ / ニュ nyu | にゅう / ニュー nyū |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | ぬ | ぬ | ヌ | ヌ | ﾇ | ﾇ | ㇴ | ㇴ | ㋦ | ㋦ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER NU | HIRAGANA LETTER NU | KATAKANA LETTER NU | KATAKANA LETTER NU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL NU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL NU | CIRCLED KATAKANA NU | CIRCLED KATAKANA NU |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12396 | U+306C | 12492 | U+30CC | 65415 | U+FF87 | 12788 | U+31F4 | 13030 | U+32E6 |
| 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 | 227 139 166 | E3 8B A6 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12396; | &#x306C; | &#12492; | &#x30CC; | &#65415; | &#xFF87; | &#12788; | &#x31F4; | &#13030; | &#x32E6; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 202 | 82 CA | 131 107 | 83 6B | 199 | C7 | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 202 | 82 CA | 131 107 | 83 6B | 199 | C7 | 131 240 | 83 F0 | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 204 | A4 CC | 165 204 | A5 CC | 142 199 | 8E C7 | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 204 | A4 CC | 165 204 | A5 CC | 142 199 | 8E C7 | 166 242 | A6 F2 | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 204 | A4 CC | 165 204 | A5 CC | 132 49 153 53 | 84 31 99 35 | 129 57 188 56 | 81 39 BC 38 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 204 | AA CC | 171 204 | AB CC | | | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 208 | C6 D0 | 199 100 | C7 64 | | | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 83 | C7 53 | 199 200 | C7 C8 | | | | | | |