ぅ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Hiragana character 2.1.1 Related terms

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
ぅ Unicode: U+3045Katakana: ゥ

[edit] Syllable

ぅ

1. The hiragana syllable う in small form.

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Hiragana character

ぅ

1. Small combining form of hiragana 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.

   でぅ - the sound [du] rather than [de] (で) or [zu] (づ)

   ですぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should not be silent

   ですぅぅぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should be very long

[edit] Related terms

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