Ư
Latin letter U with horn
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Ư (lowercase ư) is one of the 12 Vietnamese language vowels.[1] It represents the vowel [ɯ]. It also appears in the Jarai language where it makes the lengthened vowel sound, [ɯː].
| U with horn | |
|---|---|
| Ư ư | |
| U+, U* | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Vietnamese |
| Sound values |
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| History | |
| Development | |
| Sisters | Ừừ, Ứứ, Ửử, Ữữ, Ựự |
| Variations | U+, U* |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left to Right |
As with most special Vietnamese letters, this letter is not well-supported by fonts and is often typed as either ⟨u+⟩ or ⟨u*⟩. The VIQR standard is ⟨u+⟩.
On the Windows default Vietnamese keyboard Ư can be found on where the [ key is on a US English keyboard layout.
Because Vietnamese is a tonal language this letter may optionally have any one of the five tonal symbols above or below it.
- Ừ ừ
- Ứ ứ
- Ử ử
- Ữ ữ
- Ự ự
Ơ and Ư were in the past used for Thai Romanization, Ơ being removed in the 1939 system and Ư lasting up until the 1968 system. Both are now written with digraphs, oe and ue.
Character mappings
| Preview | Ư | ư | Ừ | ừ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND GRAVE | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND GRAVE | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 431 | U+01AF | 432 | U+01B0 | 7914 | U+1EEA | 7915 | U+1EEB |
| UTF-8 | 198 175 | C6 AF | 198 176 | C6 B0 | 225 187 170 | E1 BB AA | 225 187 171 | E1 BB AB |
| Numeric character reference | Ư | Ư | ư | ư | Ừ | Ừ | ừ | ừ |
| VISCII | 191 | BF | 223 | DF | 187 | BB | 215 | D7 |
| Preview | Ứ | ứ | Ử | ử | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND ACUTE | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND ACUTE | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 7912 | U+1EE8 | 7913 | U+1EE9 | 7916 | U+1EEC | 7917 | U+1EED |
| UTF-8 | 225 187 168 | E1 BB A8 | 225 187 169 | E1 BB A9 | 225 187 172 | E1 BB AC | 225 187 173 | E1 BB AD |
| Numeric character reference | Ứ | Ứ | ứ | ứ | Ử | Ử | ử | ử |
| VISCII | 186 | BA | 209 | D1 | 188 | BC | 216 | D8 |
| Preview | Ữ | ữ | Ự | ự | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND TILDE | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND TILDE | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 7918 | U+1EEE | 7919 | U+1EEF | 7920 | U+1EF0 | 7921 | U+1EF1 |
| UTF-8 | 225 187 174 | E1 BB AE | 225 187 175 | E1 BB AF | 225 187 176 | E1 BB B0 | 225 187 177 | E1 BB B1 |
| Numeric character reference | Ữ | Ữ | ữ | ữ | Ự | Ự | ự | ự |
| VISCII | 255 | FF | 230 | E6 | 185 | B9 | 241 | F1 |
