ナ (na), katakana basic
ナ
na
ナ row · a column
katakanabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
hiragana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with ナ
ナイフknife
ナプキンnapkin
How to remember it
ナA crossbar meets a descending diagonal. Imagine a nail crossing a plank: na.
Where it comes from
奈ナ
ナ comes from the upper part of 奈. Hiragana な uses the same source through cursive writing.