U (hiragana: う, katakana: ウ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they occupy the third place in the modern Gojūon (五十音) system of collating kana. In the Iroha, they occupied the 24th position, between む and ゐ. In the Gojūon chart (ordered by columns, from right to left), う lies in the first column (あ行, "column A") and the third row (う段, "row U"). Both represent the sound [ɯ]. In the Ainu language, the small katakana ゥ represents a diphthong, and is written as w in the Latin alphabet.
The hiragana form with dakuten, ゔ, representing the sound "v", is rarely seen in older words, since the sound does not occur in native Japanese words. However, it is becoming more common with Western influences.[citation needed]
Both う and ウ originate, via man'yōgana, from the kanji 宇 (pronounced u and meaning space).
Variant formsedit
Scaled-down versions of the characters (ぅ, ゥ) are used to create new morae that do not exist in the Japanese language, such as トゥ (tu). This convention is relatively new, and many older loanwords do not use it. For example, in the phrase Tutankhamun's cartouche, the recent loan cartouche uses the new phonetic technique, but the older loan Tutankhamun uses ツ (tsu) as an approximation:
ツタンカーメン の カルトゥーシュ Tsutankāmen no karutūshu
The character う is also used, in its full-sized form, to lengthen "o" sounds. For example, the word 構想 is written in hiragana as こうそう (kousou), pronounced kōsō. In a few words the character お (o) is used instead for morphological or historical reasons.
The character ウ can take dakuten to form ヴ (vu), a sound foreign to the Japanese language and traditionally approximated by ブ (bu).
In hentaigana a variant of う is appeared that retains cursive Kanji 宇.
At the top of the character, a short diagonal crook: proceeding diagonally downwards from the left, then reversing direction and ending at the lower left.
A broad curving stroke: beginning at the left, rising slightly, then curving back and ending at the left.
Stroke order in writing ウ
The katakana ウ is written in three strokes:
At the top of the character, a short vertical stroke, written from top to bottom.
A similar stroke, but lower and positioned at the left.
A broad angled stroke: beginning as a horizontal line written from left to right, then reversing direction and proceeding downwards from right to left as a curved diagonal. The horizontal line must touch both the other strokes. Apart from the short diagonal, the character is identical to フ.
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U hiragana う katakana ウ is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order they occupy the third place in the modern Gojuon 五十音 system of collating kana In the Iroha they occupied the 24th position between む and ゐ In the Gojuon chart ordered by columns from right to left う lies in the first column あ行 column A and the third row う段 row U Both represent the sound ɯ In the Ainu language the small katakana ゥ represents a diphthong and is written as w in the Latin alphabet uhiraganakatakanatransliterationuhiragana origin宇katakana origin宇Man yōgana宇 羽 于 有 卯 烏 得spelling kana上野のウ Ueno no u pronunciation source source Form Rōmaji Hiragana KatakanaNormal a i u e o あ行 a gyō u う ウuuu うううう うー ウウウーOther additional formsForm A w Romaji Hiragana Katakanawa うぁ ウァwi うぃ ウィwu うぅ ウゥwe うぇ ウェwo うぉ ウォwya うゃ ウャwyu うゅ ウュwye うぃぇ ウィェwyo うょ ウョ Form B v Romaji Hiragana Katakanava ゔぁ ヴァvi vyi ゔぃ ヴィvu ゔ ヴve ゔぇ ヴェvo ゔぉ ヴォvya ゔゃ ヴャvyu ゔゅ ヴュvye ゔぃぇ ヴィェvyo ゔょ ヴョThe hiragana form with dakuten ゔ representing the sound v is rarely seen in older words since the sound does not occur in native Japanese words However it is becoming more common with Western influences citation needed Contents 1 Derivation 2 Variant forms 3 Stroke order 4 Other communicative representations 4 1 Full Braille representation 4 2 Computer encodings 5 ReferencesDerivation editBoth う and ウ originate via man yōgana from the kanji 宇 pronounced u and meaning space Variant forms editScaled down versions of the characters ぅ ゥ are used to create new morae that do not exist in the Japanese language such as トゥ tu This convention is relatively new and many older loanwords do not use it For example in the phrase Tutankhamun s cartouche the recent loan cartouche uses the new phonetic technique but the older loan Tutankhamun uses ツ tsu as an approximation ツタンカーメン の カルトゥーシュTsutankamen no karutushu The character う is also used in its full sized form to lengthen o sounds For example the word 構想 is written in hiragana as こうそう kousou pronounced kōsō In a few words the character お o is used instead for morphological or historical reasons The character ウ can take dakuten to form ヴ vu a sound foreign to the Japanese language and traditionally approximated by ブ bu In hentaigana a variant of う is appeared that retains cursive Kanji 宇 Stroke order edit nbsp Stroke order in writing う nbsp Stroke order in writing ウ nbsp Stroke order in writing うThe hiragana う is written in two strokes At the top of the character a short diagonal crook proceeding diagonally downwards from the left then reversing direction and ending at the lower left A broad curving stroke beginning at the left rising slightly then curving back and ending at the left nbsp Stroke order in writing ウThe katakana ウ is written in three strokes At the top of the character a short vertical stroke written from top to bottom A similar stroke but lower and positioned at the left A broad angled stroke beginning as a horizontal line written from left to right then reversing direction and proceeding downwards from right to left as a curved diagonal The horizontal line must touch both the other strokes Apart from the short diagonal the character is identical to フ Other communicative representations editJapanese radiotelephony alphabet Wabun code上野のウ Ueno no U nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Japanese Navy Signal Flag Japanese semaphore Japanese manual syllabary fingerspelling Braille dots 14 Japanese Braille Full Braille representation edit う ウ in Japanese Brailleう ウ u ゔ ヴ vu うう ウー u ゔう ヴー vu う ー chōon a nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp When lengthening u or o syllables in Japanese braille a Chōonpu is always used as in standard katakana usage instead of adding an う ウ Computer encodings edit Character information Preview う ウ ｳ ぅUnicode name HIRAGANA LETTER U KATAKANA LETTER U HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER U HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL UEncodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hexUnicode 12358 U 3046 12454 U 30A6 65395 U FF73 12357 U 3045UTF 8 227 129 134 E3 81 86 227 130 166 E3 82 A6 239 189 179 EF BD B3 227 129 133 E3 81 85Numeric character reference amp 12358 wbr amp x3046 wbr amp 12454 wbr amp x30A6 wbr amp 65395 wbr amp xFF73 wbr amp 12357 wbr amp x3045 wbr Shift JIS 1 130 164 82 A4 131 69 83 45 179 B3 130 163 82 A3EUC JP 2 164 166 A4 A6 165 166 A5 A6 142 179 8E B3 164 165 A4 A5GB 18030 3 164 166 A4 A6 165 166 A5 A6 132 49 151 53 84 31 97 35 164 165 A4 A5EUC KR 4 UHC 5 170 166 AA A6 171 166 AB A6 170 165 AA A5Big5 non ETEN kana 6 198 170 C6 AA 198 253 C6 FD 198 169 C6 A9Big5 ETEN HKSCS 7 198 236 C6 EC 199 162 C7 A2 198 235 C6 EBCharacter information Preview ゥ ｩ ゔ ヴUnicode name KATAKANA LETTER SMALL U HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL U HIRAGANA LETTER VU KATAKANA LETTER VUEncodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hexUnicode 12453 U 30A5 65385 U FF69 12436 U 3094 12532 U 30F4UTF 8 227 130 165 E3 82 A5 239 189 169 EF BD A9 227 130 148 E3 82 94 227 131 180 E3 83 B4Numeric character reference amp 12453 wbr amp x30A5 wbr amp 65385 wbr amp xFF69 wbr amp 12436 wbr amp x3094 wbr amp 12532 wbr amp x30F4 wbr Shift JIS plain 1 131 68 83 44 169 A9 131 148 83 94Shift JIS KanjiTalk 7 8 131 68 83 44 169 A9 136 104 88 68 131 148 83 94Shift JIS 2004 9 131 68 83 44 169 A9 130 242 82 F2 131 148 83 94EUC JP plain 2 165 165 A5 A5 142 169 8E A9 165 244 A5 F4EUC JIS 2004 10 165 165 A5 A5 142 169 8E A9 164 244 A4 F4 165 244 A5 F4GB 18030 3 165 165 A5 A5 132 49 150 53 84 31 96 35 129 57 166 54 81 39 A6 36 165 244 A5 F4EUC KR 4 UHC 5 171 165 AB A5 171 244 AB F4Big5 non ETEN kana 6 198 252 C6 FC 199 174 C7 AEBig5 ETEN HKSCS 7 199 161 C7 A1 199 240 C7 F0Character information Preview Unicode name CIRCLED KATAKANA UEncodings decimal hexUnicode 13010 U 32D2UTF 8 227 139 146 E3 8B 92Numeric character reference amp 13010 wbr amp x32D2 wbr nbsp Look up う ぅ ウ or ゥ in Wiktionary the free dictionary References edit a b Unicode Consortium 2015 12 02 1994 03 08 Shift JIS to Unicode a b Unicode Consortium IBM EUC JP 2007 International Components for Unicode a b Standardization Administration of China SAC 2005 11 18 GB 18030 2005 Information Technology Chinese coded character set a b Unicode Consortium IBM IBM 970 International Components for Unicode a b Steele Shawn 2000 cp949 to Unicode table Microsoft Unicode Consortium a b Unicode Consortium 2015 12 02 1994 02 11 BIG5 to Unicode table complete a b van Kesteren Anne big5 Encoding Standard WHATWG Apple Computer 2005 04 05 1995 04 15 Map external version from Mac OS Japanese encoding to Unicode 2 1 and later Unicode Consortium Project X0213 2009 05 03 Shift JIS 2004 JIS X 0213 2004 Appendix 1 vs Unicode mapping table a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Project X0213 2009 05 03 EUC JIS 2004 JIS X 0213 2004 Appendix 3 vs Unicode mapping table a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Retrieved 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