Katakana "N" Coloring Pages

The "N" in "Pan"

The letter on this coloring page is Katakana "N"Katakana "N"It's Katakana "N".
Words are"Bread"It's Katakana "N".
On the left side, there are 2 round pieces of bread,butter rollToBread rollis drawn on it, isn't it?
Bread is a food made by mixing flour with water and yeast, kneading it, letting it rise, and then baking it.
"Pan" is a word from another country, so you write it in Katakana "N".
The "N" in "pan" (bread) is a letter in aThe Endis attached, isn't it?

There are almost no words that start with Katakana "N".

Japanese hasThere are almost no words that start with Katakana "N"Yo.
"N" is a letter that comes in the middle or at the end of words, like in "pan" (bread) or "raion" (lion).
So, for this coloring page, we chose "pan" (bread), which ends with Katakana "N"!
In the siritori word game, you lose if your word ends with Katakana "N". That is because there are almost no words that start with Katakana "N"!

How Katakana "N" Came to Be

Katakana were created by people a long time agoPart of a Kanjiis a character made from taking a part of "爾".
But there are different ideas about which Kanji Katakana "N" came from,It is not fully knownN-da.
People say that Katakana "N" started to be used later than other katakana letters.
It's a letter with a bit of a mystery, isn't it?

How to write Katakana "N" and how it is different from "So"

"Katakana "N"" is2 strokesWrite Katakana "N" here.
1st stroke goes to the top leftShort strokeYou are going to write Katakana "N".
The 2nd stroke isFrom the bottom left to the top rightDraw it smoothly toward yourself!
Letters that look a lot like Katakana "N""So"there is, right?
For the second stroke of "ソ", sweep from the top right to the bottom left, going from top to bottom.
In Katakana "N", the second stroke goes from bottom to top, but in "So", it goes from top to bottom. Their stroke directions are different!
When you finish writing, check which way the second stroke is going.

Words with Katakana "N"

Words with Katakana "N" includeBread,Penguin,Panda,Lemon,Spoonand more!
The word "penguin" has two Katakana "N"s in it!
See how many Katakana "N"s you can find in the words around you!

Foreign words written in Katakana

Words that come from other countries, like bread, are usually written in Katakana.
JamYaButter,Juiceand more, you can see lots of Katakana words lined up on the breakfast table!
Try to look for Katakana "N" words at breakfast time!

Color the big Katakana "N" like bread

Try coloring the big Katakana "N" on the top right in tasty colors like bread, such as brown, orange, or yellow-ocher.
If you use different colors for the first stroke and the second stroke, it is easy to see how to write it!
When you color carefully near the edges, it is hard to go outside the lines.

Add tasty baked colors

If you color the top of the bread with dark brown or orange-brown, it will look nice and freshly baked.
Try making the bottom and sides a light yellow-ocher to make them brighter little by little!
If you add a little dark brown over the swirl lines on the bread roll, you can really see its rolled shape.
Leave a tiny white spot on the top, and your bread will look shiny!

Draw a plate or a basket

It is also fun to draw a plate or a bread basket under the bread to make a breakfast table.
A brown basket or a white or light blue plate makes the bread look super yummy!
Adding a glass of milk sounds tasty, too.

Watch the direction of the second stroke when tracing

There are 8 light gray Katakana "N"s in the boxes on the bottom right.
Trace over the gray lines slowly with your pencil.
Don't forget to write the second stroke from bottom to top!
Use the center lines of the box as guideposts to match the positions of the dot and the line.
Write each one carefully, one by one.

The word "Pan" comes from Portuguese

The word "pan" (bread) is said to come from Portuguese.
More than 400 years ago, when people from Portugal came to Japan, they brought bread with them, too.
In English, bread is called "bread," so the name is different from Japan's "pan."

Anpan was born in Japan

Anpan, a bread with sweet red bean paste inside, was created in Japan.
It is said to have started in 1874, made by a bakery in Tokyo.
Bread from a foreign land met Japanese sweet red bean paste, and a new food was born!

Foreign place names starting with Katakana "N"

In Japanese, almost no words start with Katakana "N", but in other countries, some place names do start with Katakana "N".
The capital city of the country of Chad in Africa is called "N'Djamena."
If you end a word with Katakana "N" in a word chain game (Shiritori), knowing this name might help you keep playing!

April 12th is Bread Day

April 12th is Bread Day.
Long ago, on this day, bread was baked in Japan as food for soldiers.