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lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="の" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AE" title="の – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="の" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AE" title="の – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="の" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AE" title="の – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="の" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" 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href="/wiki/Ma_(kana)" title="Ma (kana)">ma</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ha_(kana)" title="Ha (kana)">ha</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Na_(kana)" title="Na (kana)">na</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ta_(kana)" title="Ta (kana)">ta</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sa_(kana)" title="Sa (kana)">sa</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ka_(kana)" title="Ka (kana)">ka</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana)">a</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td><i><a href="/wiki/Wi_(kana)" title="Wi (kana)">wi</a></i></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ri_(kana)" title="Ri (kana)">ri</a></td><td><i>(<a href="/wiki/Yi_(kana)" title="Yi (kana)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#555">yi</span></a>)</i></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mi_(kana)" title="Mi (kana)">mi</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Hi_(kana)" title="Hi (kana)">hi</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ni_(kana)" title="Ni (kana)">ni</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Chi_(kana)" title="Chi (kana)">chi</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Shi_(kana)" title="Shi (kana)">shi</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ki_(kana)" title="Ki (kana)">ki</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/I_(kana)" title="I (kana)">i</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td><i>(<a href="/wiki/Wu_(kana)" title="Wu (kana)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#555">wu</span></a>)</i></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ru_(kana)" title="Ru (kana)">ru</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Yu_(kana)" title="Yu (kana)">yu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mu_(kana)" title="Mu (kana)">mu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Fu_(kana)" title="Fu (kana)">fu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nu_(kana)" title="Nu (kana)">nu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Tsu_(kana)" title="Tsu (kana)">tsu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Su_(kana)" title="Su (kana)">su</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ku_(kana)" title="Ku (kana)">ku</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/U_(kana)" title="U (kana)">u</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td><i><a href="/wiki/We_(kana)" title="We (kana)">we</a></i></td><td><a href="/wiki/Re_(kana)" title="Re (kana)">re</a></td><td><i>(<a href="/wiki/Ye_(kana)" title="Ye (kana)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#467">ye</span></a>)</i></td><td><a href="/wiki/Me_(kana)" title="Me (kana)">me</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/He_(kana)" title="He (kana)">he</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ne_(kana)" title="Ne (kana)">ne</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Te_(kana)" title="Te (kana)">te</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Se_(kana)" title="Se (kana)">se</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ke_(kana)" title="Ke (kana)">ke</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/E_(kana)" title="E (kana)">e</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td><a href="/wiki/Wo_(kana)" title="Wo (kana)">wo</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ro_(kana)" title="Ro (kana)">ro</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Yo_(kana)" title="Yo (kana)">yo</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mo_(kana)" title="Mo (kana)">mo</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ho_(kana)" title="Ho (kana)">ho</a></td><td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">no</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/To_(kana)" title="To (kana)">to</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/So_(kana)" title="So (kana)">so</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ko_(kana)" title="Ko (kana)">ko</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/O_(kana)" title="O (kana)">o</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/wiki/N_(kana)" title="N (kana)">n</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Kana modifiers and marks</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sokuon" title="Sokuon">sokuonfu (gemination)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Don" title="Yōon">yōon (palatalization)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Donpu" title="Chōonpu">chōonpu (vowel lengthener)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iteration_mark#Kana" title="Iteration mark">Iteration marks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakuten" class="mw-redirect" title="Dakuten">dakuten/handakuten (voiced &amp; semi-voiced marks)</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Multi-moraic kana</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iu_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iu (kana)">iu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashiko_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashiko (kana)">kashiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koto_(kana)" title="Koto (kana)">koto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sama_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sama (kana)">sama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shite_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shite (kana)">shite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toki_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toki (kana)">toki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomo_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomo (kana)">tomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nari_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nari (kana)">nari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mairasesoro_(kana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mairasesoro (kana)">mairasesoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yori_(kana)" title="Yori (kana)">yori</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kana_gojuon_sidebar" title="Template:Kana gojuon sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kana_gojuon_sidebar" title="Template talk:Kana gojuon sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kana_gojuon_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kana gojuon sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>の</b>, in <a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">hiragana</a>, and <b>ノ</b>, in <a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">katakana</a>, are Japanese <a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">kana</a>, both representing one <a href="/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)" title="Mora (linguistics)">mora</a>. In the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon" title="Gojūon">gojūon</a></i></span> system of <a href="/wiki/Alphabetical_order" title="Alphabetical order">ordering</a> of Japanese morae, it occupies the 25th position, between ね (ne) and は (ha). It occupies the 26th position in the <a href="/wiki/Iroha" title="Iroha">iroha</a> ordering. Both represent the sound <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[no]</span>. The katakana form is written similar to the <a href="/wiki/Kangxi_radical" class="mw-redirect" title="Kangxi radical">Kangxi radical</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1094882035">.mw-parser-output .script-Cprt{font-size:1.25em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Noto Sans Cypriot",Code2001}.mw-parser-output .script-Hano{font-size:125%;font-family:"Noto Sans Hanunoo",FreeSerif,Quivira}.mw-parser-output .script-Latf,.mw-parser-output .script-de-Latf{font-size:1.25em;font-family:"Breitkopf Fraktur",UnifrakturCook,UniFrakturMaguntia,MarsFraktur,"MarsFraktur OT",KochFraktur,"KochFraktur 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/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stroke_order">Stroke order</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No_(kana)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Stroke order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hiragana_%E3%81%AE_stroke_order_animation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stroke order in writing の" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Hiragana_%E3%81%AE_stroke_order_animation.gif/170px-Hiragana_%E3%81%AE_stroke_order_animation.gif" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Hiragana_%E3%81%AE_stroke_order_animation.gif/255px-Hiragana_%E3%81%AE_stroke_order_animation.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Hiragana_%E3%81%AE_stroke_order_animation.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Stroke order in writing の</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E3%81%AE-bw.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/%E3%81%AE-bw.png/172px-%E3%81%AE-bw.png" decoding="async" width="172" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/%E3%81%AE-bw.png 1.5x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katakana_%E3%83%8E_stroke_order_animation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stroke order in writing ノ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Katakana_%E3%83%8E_stroke_order_animation.gif/170px-Katakana_%E3%83%8E_stroke_order_animation.gif" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Katakana_%E3%83%8E_stroke_order_animation.gif/255px-Katakana_%E3%83%8E_stroke_order_animation.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Katakana_%E3%83%8E_stroke_order_animation.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Stroke order in writing ノ</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E3%83%8E-bw.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/%E3%83%8E-bw.png/168px-%E3%83%8E-bw.png" decoding="async" width="168" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/%E3%83%8E-bw.png 1.5x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="118" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>To write の, begin slightly above the center, stroke downward diagonally, then round upward and continue curve around, leaving a small gap at the bottom. To write ノ, simply do a swooping curve from top-right to bottom left. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_communicative_representations">Other communicative representations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No_(kana)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Other communicative representations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="width: 400px;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align: center; background: white;"> <tbody><tr style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 125%;"> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; line-height:1.3em; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_radiotelephony_alphabet" title="Japanese radiotelephony alphabet">Japanese radiotelephony alphabet</a> </td> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Wabun_code" title="Wabun code">Wabun code</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; font-size:150%"> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">野原のノ</span></span><br /><i style="font-size:75%">Nohara no "No"</i> </td> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; font-size: large;"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion nounderlines"><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg/90px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg/135px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg/180px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </p> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NO-jsl-yubimoji.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/NO-jsl-yubimoji.png/90px-NO-jsl-yubimoji.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/NO-jsl-yubimoji.png/135px-NO-jsl-yubimoji.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/NO-jsl-yubimoji.png/180px-NO-jsl-yubimoji.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a></span> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_No_Braille.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="⠎"><img alt="⠎" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Japanese_No_Braille.svg/77px-Japanese_No_Braille.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Japanese_No_Braille.svg/116px-Japanese_No_Braille.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Japanese_No_Braille.svg/154px-Japanese_No_Braille.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 125%;"> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver; padding-bottom:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Navy_Signal_Flags" title="Japanese Navy Signal Flags">Japanese Navy Signal Flag</a> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_semaphore" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese semaphore">Japanese semaphore</a> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_manual_syllabary" title="Japanese manual syllabary">Japanese manual syllabary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fingerspelling" title="Fingerspelling">fingerspelling</a>) </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Braille_pattern_dots-234" title="Braille pattern dots-234">Braille dots-234</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Braille" title="Japanese Braille">Japanese Braille</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <ul><li>Full Braille representation</li></ul> <table class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">の / ノ in <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Braille" title="Japanese Braille">Japanese Braille</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">の / ノ <br /><b>no</b></td> <td rowspan="2">のう / ノー <br /><b>nō</b>/<b>nou</b></td> <td colspan="2">Other kana based on <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Braille" title="Japanese Braille">Braille</a> の </td></tr> <tr> <td>にょ / ニョ <br /><b>nyo</b></td> <td>にょう / ニョー <br /><b>nyō</b>/<b>nyou</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>198 210</td> <td>C6 D2</td> <td>199 102</td> <td>C7 66</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Big5" title="Big5">Big5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big5#ETEN_extensions" title="Big5">ETEN</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Supplementary_Character_Set" title="Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set">HKSCS</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-big5hkscs-html5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-big5hkscs-html5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>199 85</td> <td>C7 55</td> <td>199 202</td> <td>C7 CA</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No_(kana)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">Hiragana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">Katakana</a></div> <p>Like every other hiragana, the hiragana の developed from <a href="/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dgana" title="Man&#39;yōgana">man'yōgana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> used for phonetic purposes, written in the highly cursive, flowing <i><a href="/wiki/Grass_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Grass script">grass script</a></i> style. In the picture on the left, the top shows the kanji <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">乃</span></span> written in the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Script" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular Script">kaisho</a> style, and the centre image is the same kanji written in the <a href="/wiki/Grass_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Grass script">sōsho</a> style. The bottom part is the kana for "no", a further abbreviation. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hentaigana" title="Hentaigana">Hentaigana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gyaru-moji" title="Gyaru-moji">gyaru-moji</a> variant kana forms of <i>no</i> can also be found. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No_(kana)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_phonology" title="Japanese phonology">Japanese phonology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_grammar" title="Japanese grammar">Japanese grammar</a></div> <p>の is a <a href="/wiki/Dental_nasal" class="mw-redirect" title="Dental nasal">dental nasal</a> consonant, articulated on the upper teeth, combined with a close-mid back rounded vowel to form one mora. </p><p>In the Japanese language, as well as forming words, の may be a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_particles" title="Japanese particles">particle</a> showing possession. For example, the phrase "わたし<b>の</b>でんわ” <i>watashi <b>no</b> denwa</i> means "my telephone." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_China">In China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No_(kana)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: In China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg/170px-%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg/255px-%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg/340px-%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AE_in_Taiwan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="961" /></a><figcaption>Usage of の in place of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9A%84" class="extiw" title="wikt:的">的</a> (and 犬 in place of 狗) in <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a></figcaption></figure> <p>の has also proliferated on signs and labels in the <a href="/wiki/Sinophone" title="Sinophone">Chinese</a>-speaking world. It is used in place of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Chinese">Modern Chinese</a> possessive marker <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9A%84#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:的">的</a></span> <i>de</i> or <a href="/wiki/Classical_Chinese" title="Classical Chinese">Classical Chinese</a> possessive marker <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8B#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:之">之</a></span> <i>zhī</i>, and の is pronounced in the same way as the Chinese character it replaces. This is usually done to "stand out" or to give an "exotic/Japanese feel", e.g. in commercial brand names, such as the fruit juice brand <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">鲜の每日C</span></span>, where the の can be read as both 之 <i>zhī</i>, the possessive marker, and as 汁 <i>zhī</i>, meaning "juice".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In Hong Kong, the Companies Registry has extended official recognition to this practice, and permits の to be used in Chinese names of registered businesses; it is thus the only non-Chinese symbol to be granted this treatment (aside from punctuation marks with no pronunciation value).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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