How to write お (o) in hiragana

お (o) is one of the five vowels that open the chart; every kana syllable except ん ends in one of them. It grew out of the cursive form of the kanji 於 (“at”). Its three strokes begin at the top left, heading rightwards, and the last one finishes at the top right. Words that start with it include 雄 (“male (animal, plant)”), 大手 (“major company”), 夫 (“husband”) and 男 (“man”).