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Character  の 
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER NO
Codepoint U+306E

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

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[edit] Syllable

(Hepburn romanization no)

  1. The hiragana syllable  (no), whose equivalent in katakana is  (no). It is the twenty-fifth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is (NA-gyō, O-dan; “row NA, section O”).
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[edit] Etymology 2

/no2/ *[nə] > /no/ [no].

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(romaji no)

  1. (genitive case marker)
    意見
    わたしいけん
    watashi no iken.
    My opinion.
  2. (indicates identity or apposition)
    大統領ブッシュ氏。
    だいとうりょうブッシュ
    Daitōryō no Busshu-shi.
    Mr Bush, the President.
    山田馬鹿野郎
    やまだばかやろう!
    Yamada no bakayarō!
    Yamada, you stupid jerk!
  3. (a noun modifier)
    数学分野
    すうがくぶんや。
    Sūgaku no bunya.
    The field of mathematics.
    みどりくるま。
    Midori no kuruma.
    A green car.
  4. (a sentence ending that indicates emphasis or a question, depending on intonation)
    不可能じゃない
    ふかのうじゃない
    Fukanō janai no?
    It's not possible?
  5. Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase
    食べるは大好きだ。
    たべるはだいすきだ。
    Taberu no wa daisuki da.
    I like eating very much.
[edit] Usage notes

Historically written as or .

[edit] Kanji reading

(romaji no)

  1. : field
  2. : express, tell

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Etymology

From Japanese possessive marker .
優之良品 (uses for 之)

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(traditional and simplified, Pinyin de)

  1. (Taiwan) (Hong Kong) (nonstandard) Possessive marker .

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(traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhī)

  1. (Taiwan) (Hong Kong) (nonstandard) Possessive marker .
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