Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Etymology [ edit ]
The hiragana character う ( u ) with a dakuten (゛ ). The hiragana ゔ , ゕ and ゖ were introduced for hiragana-katakana correspondence with ヴ , ヵ and ヶ in the Japanese input method in Fujitsu OASYS [1] and then registered in JIS X 0213 [2] .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : [vɯ̟ᵝ]
IPA (key ) : [bɯ̟ᵝ] ( some speakers, especially older people )
Syllable [ edit ]
ゔ • (vu )
( rare ) The hiragana syllable ゔ ( vu ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ヴ ( vu ) .
Usage notes [ edit ]
This is a relatively recent addition to kana usage to represent the non-native sound vu . As such, this usage is only found in borrowed words. Some speakers, especially older people, may pronounce this as /bu/ , [bɯ̟ᵝ] .
See also [ edit ]
(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 𛄲 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 , 𛀆 , ゆ ゅ , 𛀁 , よ ょ , ら ら゚ , り り゚ , る る゚ , れ れ゚ , ろ ろ゚ , わ ゎ わ゙ , ゐ 𛅐 ゐ゙ , 𛄟 , ゑ 𛅑 ゑ゙ , を 𛅒 を゙ , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
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