Ư
| U with horn | |
|---|---|
| Ư ư | |
| U+, U* | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Vietnamese |
| Sound values | |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Sisters | Ừừ, Ứứ, Ửử, Ữữ, Ựự |
| Variations | U+, U* |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left to Right |
Ư (lowercase ư) is one of the 12 Vietnamese language vowels. It represents the Vietnamese sound [ɨ].
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.