Nu (kana)

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The hiragana ぬ.

The katakana ヌ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

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 addtional 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

[edit] Writing the character