の

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

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /no/

Syllable

の (Hepburn romanization no)

1. 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

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

See also

• (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 ^[edit]

Etymology 2

/no₂/ *[nə] > /no/ [no].

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 or 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. (a noun modifier)

   数学の分野。

   すうがくのぶんや。

   Sūgaku no bunya.

   The field of mathematics.

   緑の車。

   みどりのくるま。

   Midori no kuruma.

   A green car.

4. (a sentence ending that indicates emphasis or a question, depending on intonation)

   不可能じゃないの？

   ふかのうじゃないの？

   Fukanō janai no?

   It's not possible?

5. Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase

   食べるのは大好きだ。

   たべるのはだいすきだ。

   Taberu no wa daisuki da.

   I like eating very much.

Usage notes

Historically written as 乃 or 之.

Kanji reading

の (romaji no)

1. 野: field
2. 述: express, tell

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Mandarin

Etymology

From Japanese possessive marker の.

優之良品 (uses の for 之)

Particle

の (traditional and simplified, Pinyin de)

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

Particle

の (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhī)

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