Chinese

Particle

の

1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong) Nonstandard form of 的.
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Pronunciation 2

Particle

の

1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong) Nonstandard form of 之.
   • 決戰時空の塔

Usage notes

Not used in a running Chinese text in any region. It may be used as a shorthand, or to achieve visual, Japanese-style effect such as on signs, book titles, pamphlet covers or signboards. Compare faux Cyrillic.

References

• の on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [no̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

の ‎(romaji no)

1. The hiragana syllable の ‎(no). Its equivalent in katakana is ノ ‎(no). It is the twenty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is な行お段 ‎(na-gyō o-dan, “row na, section o”).

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

Etymology 2

/no₂/ *[nə] → /no/ [no].

Particle

の ‎(romaji no)

1. genitive case marker
   1. indicates possession: of, -'s

      私 (わたし)の意見 (いけん)

      watashi no iken

      my opinion

   2. indicates identity or apposition

      大統領 (だいとうりょう)のブッシュ氏 (し)

      daitōryō no busshu-shi

      the President, Mr. Bush

      山田 (やまだ)の馬鹿野郎 (ばかやろう)！

      Yamada no bakayarō!

      Yamada, you stupid jerk!

   3. a noun modifier

      数学 (すうがく)の分野 (ぶんや)

      sūgaku no bun'ya

      the field of mathematics

      緑 (みどり)の車 (くるま)

      midori no kuruma

      green car

2. nominative case marker in a relative clause

   眉毛 (まゆげ)の濃 (こ)い人 (ひと)

   mayuge no koi hito

   a man whose eyebrow is thick

   • の is interchangeable with が in this usage.

3. a sentence ending that indicates emphasis or a question, depending on intonation

   不可能 (ふかのう)じゃないの？

   Fukanō ja nai no?

   Isn't it impossible?

   聞 (き)いてんの？

   Kīten no?

   Are you listening?

4. Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase

   食 (た)べるのは大好 (だいす)きだ。

   Taberu no wa daisuki da.

   I like eating very much.

Usage notes

• Historically written using kanji as 乃 or 之.

Kanji reading

の ‎(romaji no)

1. 野: field
2. 述: express, tell