Mu (kana)


Hiragana

Katakana
Transliteration: mu
Hiragana Man'yōgana:
Katakana Man'yōgana:
Unicode: U+31FA
kana gojūon
n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a
sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i
dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u
chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e
wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made with three strokes, they represent [mu͍]. The kanji 無, read "mu", represents "none", nothingness, or the state of oblivion upon death, if written alone.

In the Ainu language, ム can be written as small ㇺ, which represents a final m sound.[1] This, along with other extended katakana, was developed by Japanese linguists to represent Ainu sounds that do not exist in standard Japanese katakana.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal m-
(ま行 ma-gyō)
Mu
むう, むぅ
むー, む~
ムウ, ムゥ
ムー, ム~
ムウブ Mūbu Move
Other additional forms
Form (mw-)
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Mwa むぁ ムァ
Mwi むぃ ムィ
Mwe むぇ ムェ
Mwo むぉ ムォ

Stroke order

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