ウ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Katakana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
アァ	カヵガ	サザ	タダ	ナ	ハㇵバパ	マ	ヤャ	ラㇻ	ワヮ	ン
イィ	キギ	シㇱジ	チヂ	ニ	ヒㇶビピ	ミ		リㇼ	ヰ
ウゥヴ	クㇰグ	スㇲズ	ツッヅ	ヌㇴ	フㇷブプ	ムㇺ	ユュ	ルㇽ
エェ	ケヶゲ	セゼ	テデ	ネ	ヘㇸベペ	メ		レㇾ	ヱ
オォ	コゴ	ソゾ	トㇳド	ノ	ホㇹボポ	モ	ヨョ	ロㇿ	ヲ
Katakana halfwidth syllables ｱｧ ｲｨ ｳｩ ｴｪ ｵｫ ｶ ｷ ｸ ｹ ｺ ｻ ｼ ｽ ｾ ｿ ﾀ ﾁ ﾂｯ ﾃ ﾄ ﾅ ﾆ ﾇ ﾈ ﾉ ﾊ ﾋ ﾌ ﾍ ﾎ ﾏ ﾐ ﾑ ﾒ ﾓ ﾔｬ ﾕｭ ﾖｮ ﾗ ﾘ ﾙ ﾚ ﾛ ﾜ ｦ ﾝ
Additional symbols ー
ウ Unicode: U+30A6Hiragana: うHepburn romanization: uNihon-shiki romanization: uPolivanov cyrillization: уJapanese braille: ⠉

[edit] Syllable

ウ

1. The katakana syllable at ア行ウ段 (row A, section U) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 宇, taken from the top part of the character.

[edit] Katakana character

ウ (romaji u)

1. The [u] phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
2. The third character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is イ and the next character is エ. The equivalent hiragana character is う.

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] Noun

ウ (romaji u)

1. 鵜: cormorant, Japanese cormorant