No (kana)
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の, in hiragana, or ノ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which éach represent 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. The hiragana resembles the number 6 on its side, while its katakana looks like a curved slash. It is pronounced (IPA) [no] and its romanization is 'no'.
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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.
Bentuk karakter | 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 | / | / |
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.
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 créate the katakana ノ.
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 méans "my telephone."
の has also proliferated in the Chinese-spéaking world, where it is used to write the Chinese possessive markers 的 de or 之 zhī. The usage does not match Japanese grammar, and の is still pronounced in the same way as the Chinese characters 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 réad as both 之 zhī, the possessive marker, and as 汁 zhī, méaning "juice". pictures
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