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ヌ (nu) – Katakana


Pronunciation

– Pronounced as the Japanese ‘nu’. Sounds closest to an English ‘noo’ as in ‘noodle’.

About

ぬ, in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. They are derived from the Chinese character 奴.

Mnemonics

Mnemonic 1: This is a number 7, written, as is often done, with a stroke through the middle. On a planet with 7 suns, ‘noon’ occurs very frequently.

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