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ヲ (o), katakana basic

o

ワ row · o column

katakanabasic3 strokes

Stroke order

Pronunciation

Pronounced o when used as the object particle. The spelling wo distinguishes this kana in some romanization systems.

hiragana counterpart

How to remember it

Compare フ, then notice the extra horizontal line. This is the katakana counterpart of を; it is uncommon in everyday modern text.

Where it comes from

ヲ comes from a simplified part of 乎. Hiragana を has a different source, 遠.