Nu (kana)


Nu is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent. 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.
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal n-
nu
Normal n-
nuu, nwu
ぬう, ぬぅ
ぬー
ヌウ, ヌゥ
ヌー

Other communicative representations

In popular culture

In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ぬ is Jelly Jiggler's favorite character.