Note that wan わん doesn't have kanji and may be written with hiragana because hiragana is cuter, or written with katakana as wan ワン. In the case of wan ワン, beware that it's homonym with the katakanization of the English number "one." That is, wan piisu ワンピース means "one piece," and probably not "woof piece."
When wan' わんっ or wan' ワンッ are written instead, with a small tsu っ at the end of the phrase, it emphasizes the sound, expressing a stronger-sounding bark.
By the way, dogs make other noises too, not just wan, and so the following words also exist:
- gurururu グルルル
Grr. - uofu ウォフ
uufu ウゥフ
Woof. Roof. - kyaun キャウン
kyuun キューン
Nnn.. nnn.. nnn... (crying sound.)
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