How to write letter N in print
Letter N handwriting uses separate capital and small forms. Keep the shoulder’s top near the body guide and its interior open.
Letterform reference
Capital N and small n
How to write N
Start with a clear capital and small print form. Follow the ordered strokes, then copy the letter without tracing.
Learn the capital and small cursive N →
Capital N
- Start at the lower left and draw up the left stem to capital height.
- Continue diagonally down to the lower right, then draw straight up the right stem.
Small n
- Draw the short left stem down from x-height to the baseline.
- Lift the pen, rise from the left stem into one rounded shoulder, and descend on the right to the baseline.
Watch for this: Adding a second shoulder turns the small n into an m-like form. Use one shoulder between the two downstrokes.
Worksheet and print settings
Print at 100% (Actual size).
Letter shapes, words and corrections
Write capital N
Draw tall left and right stems connected by a diagonal from upper left to lower right.
Write lowercase n
Draw a short left stem and one rounded shoulder ending at the baseline.
Keep the form distinct
Write n u slowly: n arches across the top; u curves around the bottom.
Practice n in words
Copy “note” and “inside”, leaving each letter separate. Circle the clearest n in the row and use its body size for your next attempt.