Û, û (u-circumflex) is a letter of the Latin script.[1]
Usage edit
Romanization edit
Romanization from Cyrillic edit
This letter is used in some standards of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю:
- GOST 16876-71 table 1
- ISO 9 (ISO 9:1986 and ISO 9:1995)
Romanization from Chinese edit
It is used in Wade-Giles (one of the romanization systems in Chinese) for apical dental unrounded vowel as in tzû, tz'û, ssû, corresponds to present zi, ci, si in Pinyin respectively.
Romanization from Japanese edit
û represents うう in both Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization systems.
General writing systems edit
Afrikaans edit
In Afrikaans, û is a punctuated form of u and a usage example includes "brûe". plural of "brug" (= bridge).
Emilian edit
Û represents [uː] in Emilian dialects: in the Bolognese dialect, anvûd [aŋˈvuːd] means "nephews".
French edit
In French, û does not change the pronunciation of the letter u except in jeune "young", which is pronounced differently from jeûne "a fast". In some other words like mû, the circumflex has no disambiguating value; attempts have been made to abolish it in such words. See Circumflex in French. Û also often appears in words that used to have an "s" after the "u": the French word for August, août, used to be written aoust.
Friulian edit
Û represents the sound /uː/.
Italian edit
Û is occasionally used to represent the sound /uː/ in words like fûrono (they were).
Kurdish edit
Û is used in Kurdish Kurmanji alphabet in the to represent a long close back rounded vowel /uː/.
Polish edit
In the Masovian dialect, û represents /ju:/.
Turkish edit
Û indicates palatalization of the preceding consonant: "sükûnet" (quietness) is pronounced /sycuːˈnet/.
Welsh edit
In Welsh, û is used to represent a long stressed u [ɨː] or [iː] when, without the circumflex, it would be pronounced as a short [ɨ] or [ɪ]: cytûn [kəˑtɨːn, kəˑtiːn] "agreed", bûm [bɨːm, biːm] "I was" as opposed to bum [bɨm, bɪm] "five" (soft-mutated prenominal form).
Character mappings edit
Preview | Û | û | ||
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Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 219 | U+00DB | 251 | U+00FB |
UTF-8 | 195 155 | C3 9B | 195 187 | C3 BB |
Numeric character reference | Û |
Û |
û |
û |
Named character reference | Û | û | ||
EBCDIC family | 251 | FB | 219 | DB |
ISO 8859-1/3/4/9/10/14/15/16 | 219 | DB | 251 | FB |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Unicode Character "Û" (U+00DB)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-29.