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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Noun 2.4 Kanji reading 2.4.1 On-reading of: 2.4.2 Kun-reading of:

[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
う Unicode: U+3046Katakana: ウHepburn romanization: uNihon-shiki romanization: uPolivanov cyrillization: уJapanese braille: ⠉

[edit] Syllable

う

1. The hiragana syllable at あ行う段 (row A, section U) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kan'u 宇 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

う (romaji u)

1. The /u/ syllable.
2. The third character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is い and the next character is え. The equivalent katakana character is ウ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with う (u) see: Special:Allpages/う

[edit] Noun

う (romaji u)

1. 鵜: cormorant

[edit] Kanji reading

う (romaji i)

[edit] On-reading of:

• 胡
• 烏
• 宇: space, house
• 雨: rain

[edit] Kun-reading of:

• 鵜
• 卯
• 兎
• 得