ナニヌネノ — The N Row

The N row — ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ — adds an “n” to the vowels, sounding just like hiragana な に ぬ ね の. Two shapes reward a careful look: ニ is identical on sight to the kanji 二 (two), and ヌ sits one stroke away from ス. The row also includes ノ — a single stroke, the simplest katakana there is.