ン
n
Katakana ン (n)
- Reads asn
- ScriptKatakana
- Hiragana pair ん
- Rown-final
Remember it
Two strokes like ソ but flatter, the n you sign off with.
Words that use it
- パン pan bread
- ペン pen pen
Don't confuse it with
ン rises from the lower left; ソ comes down from the upper right. Both are two strokes, which already separates them from シ and ツ.
Watch out
Like ん, it holds a beat of its own. パン is pa-n, two counts, and shortening it to one is what makes a loanword sound wrong to a Japanese ear.