ウ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Katakana character 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 Noun

[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