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ノ (no), katakana basic

no

ナ row · o column

katakanabasic1 stroke

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Similar characters

Words with ノ

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knock on a door

How to remember it

One diagonal stroke sweeps down to the left. Imagine drawing a slash through a “no” sign: no.

Where it comes from

ノ comes from part of 乃, reduced to one diagonal stroke.