ぅ

Japanese

Combining form

1. Small combining form of hiragana (deprecated template usage) う (u) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.

   Template:Jpan - the sound [du] rather than [de] (Template:Jpan) or [zu] (Template:Jpan)

   Template:Jpan - specifies that the final u in (deprecated template usage) です (desu) should not be silent

   Template:Jpan - specifies that the final u in (deprecated template usage) です (desu) should be very long

Related terms

• ゥ (katakana small u)
• う (full-size u)

See also

• Template:list