ヴ

Character	ヴ
Unicode name	KATAKANA LETTER VU
Codepoint	U+30F4

See also ウ, and ワ

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

The katakana character ウ (u) with a dakuten (゛).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vu/, [βɯᵝ]

Syllable

ヴ (Hepburn romanization vu)

1. The katakana syllable ヴ (vu), whose equivalent in hiragana is ゔ (vu).

Usage notes

This is a relatively recent addition to kana usage to represent the non-native sound vu. As such, this is only found in borrowed words. Older speakers may pronounce this more as /bu/, [bɯᵝ].

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ヴ (vu), see: Special:Allpages/ヴ

See also

• (Katakana) 片仮名; アァ, イィ, ウゥヴ, エェ, オォ, カヵガ, キギ, クグ, ケヶゲ, コゴ, サザ, シジ, スズ, セゼ, ソゾ, タダ, チヂ, ツッヅ, テデ, トド, ナ, ニ, ヌ, ネ, ノ, ハバパ, ヒビピ, フブプ, ヘベペ, ホボポ, マ, ミ, ム, メ, モ, ヤャ, ユュ, ヨョ, ラ, リ, ル, レ, ロ, ワヮ, ヰ, ヱ, ヲ, ン, ー, ヽ, ヾ