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ヌ (nu), katakana basic

nu

ナ row · u column

katakanabasic2 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Similar characters

Words with ヌ

noodles
canoe

How to remember it

The two strokes cross like a loose knot. Imagine a noodle tied in that knot: nu.

Where it comes from

ヌ comes from 又 on the right of 奴. Hiragana ぬ uses a cursive form of the whole source character.