Mu (kana)
む, in hiragana, or ム in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is written with three strokes, while the katakana is written with two. Both represent [mɯ].
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| transliteration | mu | ||
| hiragana origin | 武 | ||
| katakana origin | 牟 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 牟 武 無 模 務 謀 六 | ||
| spelling kana | 無線のム Musen no "mu" | ||
| unicode | U+3080, U+30E0 | ||
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In older Japanese texts until the spelling reforms of 1900, む was also used to transcribe the nasalised [ɴ]. Since the reforms, it is replaced in such positions with ん.
In the Ainu language, ム can be written as small ㇺ, which represents a final m sound. This, along with other extended katakana, was developed by Japanese linguists to represent Ainu sounds that do not exist in standard Japanese katakana.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal m- (ま行 ma-gyō) |
mu | む | ム |
| muu, mwu mū |
むう, むぅ むー |
ムウ, ムゥ ムー |
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