Kazakh Short U

Straight U with stroke
Ұ ұ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originKazakh Cyrillic
Sound values[ʊ]
In UnicodeU+04B0, U+04B1
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Collage of two street signs in Kazakh, both featuring the letter Ұ

Straight U with stroke (Ұ ұ; italics: Ұ ұ), is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke". Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue (Ү ү Ү ү) with a horizontal stroke through it.

Usage

Kazakh Short U is used only in the alphabet of the Kazakh language, where it represents the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/, like the pronunciation of the ⟨oo⟩ in "book". In other circumstances, it is used as a replacement for the former letter[clarification needed] to represent the close front rounded vowel /y/ in situations where it would be easily confused with Cyrillic У у.[citation needed] It is romanized as ⟨ū⟩ in Kazakh (2021 reform).

Unicode

Character information
PreviewҰұ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
STRAIGHT U WITH STROKE		 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
STRAIGHT U WITH STROKE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1200U+04B01201U+04B1
UTF-8210 176D2 B0210 177D2 B1
Numeric character referenceҰҰұұ
KZ-1048162A2163A3
Mac OS Turkic Cyrillic173AD214D6
KOI8-C/KOI8-CA1509613486
Code page 58152246F6247F7

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  2. ↑ Wagner, John Doyle; Dotton, Zura. A Grammar of Kazakh (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on Mar 26, 2023.