Hiragana & Katakana · Hiragana: ra, wa, n

ん

n (the only lone consonant)

Stroke order of hiragana ん

ん is written with 1 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A lowercase n written lazily with a long tail: NNN.

Origin: from the kanji 无 (nothing), written cursively

Example word

みかん

mandarin orange

More words: Hiragana: ra, wa, n

らra りri るru れre ろro わwa をwo (said “o”; the object particle)

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