Nu (kana) explained

Hiragana Image:Japanese_Hiragana_kyokashotai_NU.svg
Katakana Image:Japanese Katakana kyokashotai NU.svg
Transliteration:nu
Hiragana Manyogana:
Katakana Manyogana:
Other Manyogana:奴 努 怒 農 濃 沼 宿
Unicode:U+306C, U+30CC
Flag1:9
Flag2:4
Spelling:沼津のヌ (Numazu no nu)

Nu, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent pronounced as /[nɯ]/. They are both derived from the Chinese character 奴. In the Ainu language, katakana ヌ can be written as small ㇴ to represent a final n, and is interchangeable with the standard katakana ン.

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal n-
(な行 na-gyō)
nu
nuu, nwu
ぬう, ぬぅ
ぬー
ヌウ, ヌゥ
ヌー

Other communicative representations

ぬ / ヌ in Japanese Braille
ぬ / ヌ
nu
ぬう / ヌー
Other kana based on Braille
にゅ / ニュ
nyu
にゅう / ニュー
nyū

In popular culture

In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ぬ is Jelly Jiggler's favorite character.