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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Hiragana character 1.1.1.1 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Particle 1.2.1.1 See also 1.2.1.2 Usage notes 1.2.2 Kanji reading

[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Hiragana character

の (romaji no)

1. The /no/ syllable.
2. The twenty-fifth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ね and the next character is は. The equivalent katakana character is ノ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with の (no) see: Special:Allpages/の

[edit] Etymology 2

/no₂/ *[nə] > /no/ [no].

[edit] Particle

の (romaji no)

1. genitive case marker

   私の意見

   わたしのいけん

   watashi no iken

   my opinion

2. Indicates identity (apposition):

   大統領のブッシュ氏

   だいとうりょうのブッシュし

   Daitōryō no Busshu-shi

   Mr Bush, the President

   山田の馬鹿野郎！

   やまだのばかやろう！

   Yamada no bakayarō!

   Yamada, you stupid jerk!

3. Noun modifier

   数学の分野

   すうがくのぶんや

   sūgaku no bun'ya

   the field of mathematics

   緑の車

   みどりのくるま

   midori no kuruma

   a green car

4. A feminine speech sentence ending that indicates emphasis or a question, depending on intonation

   可能じゃないの？

   ふかのうじゃないの？

   kanō ja nai no?

   It's not possible?

5. Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase
   • 食べるのは大好き

     たべるのはだいすき

     taberu no wa daisuki

     fondness of eating

[edit] See also

• Chinese: 的 (de), 之 (zhī)
• Korean: 의 (eui)

[edit] Usage notes

Historically written as 乃 or 之.

[edit] Kanji reading

の (romaji no)

1. 野: field
2. 述: express, tell