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ム (mu), katakana basic

mu

マ row · u column

katakanabasic2 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Similar characters

Words with ム

film (photographic material)
gram

How to remember it

A sloping stroke turns along the bottom, with a short stroke at the right. Imagine a mound with one steep side: mu.

Where it comes from

ム comes from the top part of 牟. Hiragana む instead comes from 武.