ぅ

Character	ぅ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL U
Codepoint	U+3045

Japanese

Etymology

Small form of the hiragana character う (u).

Combining form

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

Related terms

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

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ