の
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| Character | の |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER NO |
| Codepoint | U+306E |
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 乃 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation [edit]
Syllable [edit]
の (Hepburn romanization no)
- The hiragana syllable の (no), whose equivalent in katakana is ノ (no). It is the twenty-fifth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is な行お段 (NA-gyō, O-dan; “row NA, section O”).
Related terms [edit]
- For a list of words starting with の (no) see: Special:Allpages/の
See also [edit]
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2 [edit]
/no2/ *[nə] > /no/ [no].
Particle [edit]
の (romaji no)
- (genitive case marker)
- (indicates identity or apposition)
- (a noun modifier)
- (a sentence ending that indicates emphasis or a question, depending on intonation)
- 不可能じゃないの?
- ふかのうじゃないの?
- Fukanō janai no?
- It's not possible?
- 不可能じゃないの?
- Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase
Usage notes [edit]
Historically written as 乃 or 之.
Kanji reading [edit]
の (romaji no)
Mandarin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- From Japanese possessive marker の (no)
Pronunciation [edit]
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audio (file)
Particle [edit]
の (de)
- (Taiwan, Hong Kong, nonstandard) Possessive marker 的 (de).
Particle [edit]
の (zhī)
- (Taiwan, Hong Kong, nonstandard) Possessive marker 之 (zhī).
Usage notes [edit]
- The term is not used in a running Mandarin Chinese text in any region. The symbol is used as a shorthand, or to achieve visual, Japanese-style effect such as on signs, book titles, pamphlet covers or signboards.
References [edit]
の on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia