む (mu), hiragana basic
む
mu
ま row · u column
hiraganabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with む
六日むいかthe sixth; six days
向こうむこうover there; the other side
村むらvillage
How to remember it
むA loop on the left and a little mark on the right suggest a cow with a bell. A moo can remind you of mu; keep the Japanese vowel short.
Where it comes from
武む
む developed from the cursive writing of 武. Katakana ム has a different source, 牟.