Ŭ
| U with breve | |
|---|---|
| Ŭ ŭ | |
| U Ü W | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | English language, Belarusian language, Esperanto language, Jarai language |
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| Transliterations | |
| Variations | U Ü W |
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Ŭ or ŭ is a letter in the Belarusian Latin alphabet used since 1840/1845, based on u. It is also used in the Esperanto alphabet, publicly presented in 1887, and formerly in the Romanian alphabet. The accent mark (diacritic) is known as a breve.
This letter should not be confused with u-caron, which is used to indicate u in the third tone of Chinese language pinyin; compare Ǔ ǔ (caron) with Ŭ ŭ (breve).