U

Also known as Uniform, ᴜ, uniform

ラテン文字の21番目の文字

AI overview

U is the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet and one of five vowel letters that represent key sounds in spoken language. It appears in countless English words and is used in alphabets around the world based on the Latin alphabet system.

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Key facts

Grapheme.name: U
Grapheme.letter: U u
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc: ic
Grapheme.language: Latin
Grapheme.no_unicode_code: yes
Grapheme.alphanumber: 21
Grapheme.fam1: G43T3
Grapheme.fam2: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam3: class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam4: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam5: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam7: 𐌖
Grapheme.fam8: V
Grapheme.usageperiod: 1386 to present
Grapheme.direction: Left-to-right
Grapheme.image: File:Latin_letter_U.svg

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Wikidata facts

Part of: Latin alphabet
Image: Semaphore Uniform.svg

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Unicode character: 🅄
writing system: Latin script
topic has template: Template:User link
Commons category: U
Commons gallery: U
code: U
different from: U

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Article · 日本語

Uは、ラテン文字（アルファベット）の 21 番目の文字。小文字は u 。V, W, Yとともにギリシャ文字のΥ（ウプシロン）に由来し、キリル文字のУに相当する。Υ（ウプシロン）の別形に由来するFとも同系といえる。元来のラテン語字母には存在しない文字であり、中世になって、それまで/u/と/w/の両方を表していたVから、/u/を表すために分離した文字である（V#歴史参照）。

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