No (kana)
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の, in hiragana, or ノ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the gojūon system of ordering of Japanese syllables, it occupies the 25th position, between ね (ne) and は (ha). It occupies the 26th position in the iroha ordering. Both represent (IPA) /no/.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) |
no | の | ノ |
| nou noo nō, noh |
のう, のぅ のお, のぉ のー |
ノウ, ノゥ ノオ, ノォ ノー |
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[edit] Stroke order
In order to write の, begin slightly above the center, stroke downward diagonally, then upward, and then curve around as indicated by the arrows.
In order to write ノ, simply do a swooping curve from top-right to bottom left.
[edit] Character
| Character form | Unicode | EUC-JP | Shift_JIS | GB 2312 | HKSCS |
| の | U+306E | A4CE | 82CC | A4CE | C755 |
| ノ | U+30CE | A5CE | 836D | A5CE | C7CA |
| Halfwidth katakana ﾉ | U+FF89 | / | C9 | / | / |
[edit] Alternative forms
In Japanese Braille, の, or ノ, or is represented as
-
－●
●－
●－
The Morse code for の, or ノ, is ・・－－.
See also hentaigana and gyaru-moji for other variant kana forms of no.
[edit] History
Like every other hiragana, the hiragana の developed from man'yōgana, kanji used for phonetic purposes, written in the highly cursive, flowing grass script style. In the picture on the right, the top shows the kanji 乃 written in the kaisho style, and the centre image is the same kanji written in the sōsho style. The bottom part is the kana for "no", a further abbreviation.
The highlighted segment of the man'yōgana in the picture on the right is the segment that was used to create the katakana ノ.
[edit] Usage
の is a dental nasal consonant, articulated on the upper teeth, combined with a close-mid back rounded vowel to form one mora.
In the Japanese language, as well as forming words, の may be a particle showing possession. For example, the phrase watashi no denwa means "my telephone."
の has also proliferated on signs and labels in the Chinese-speaking world, where it is used in place of the Modern Chinese possessive marker 的 de or Classical Chinese possessive marker 之 zhī, and の is pronounced in the same way as the Chinese character it replaces. This is usually done in order to "stand out" or to give an "exotic / Japanese feel", e.g. in commercial brand names, such as the fruit juice brand 鲜の每日C, where the の can be read as both 之 zhī, the possessive marker, and as 汁 zhī, meaning "juice". pictures
