Mo (kana)
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も, in hiragana, or モ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are made in three strokes and both represent [mo].
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transliteration | mo | ||
hiragana origin | 毛 | ||
katakana origin | 毛 | ||
Man'yōgana | 毛 畝 蒙 木 問 聞 方 面 忘 母 文 茂 記 勿 物 望 門 喪 裳 藻 | ||
spelling kana | もみじのモ Momiji no "mo" | ||
unicode | U+3082, U+30E2 | ||
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Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation |
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モー is sometimes used as the onomatopoeia for cows.[1]