Mo (kana) explained

Hiragana Image:Japanese_Hiragana_kyokashotai_MO.svg
Katakana Image:Japanese_Katakana_kyokashotai_MO.svg
Transliteration:mo
Hiragana Manyogana:
Katakana Manyogana:
Other Manyogana:毛 畝 蒙 木 問 聞 方 面 忘 母 文 茂 記 勿 物 望 門 喪 裳 藻
Unicode:U+3082, U+30E2
Flag1:6
Flag2:7
Footnote:These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation
Spelling:もみじのモ Momiji no "mo"

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are made in three strokes and both represent pronounced as /[mo]/.

モー is sometimes used as the onomatopoeia for cows.[1]

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal m-
(ま行 ma-gyō)
mo
mou
moo
もう, もぅ
もお, もぉ
もー
モウ, モゥ
モオ, モォ
モー

Other communicative representations

も / モ in Japanese Braille
も / モ
mo
もう / モー
Other kana based on Braille
みょ / ミョ
myo
みょう / ミョー
myō

Notes and References

  1. Web site: モー. Longman Dictionary. 2019-06-28.