U with double acute (Ӳ ӳ; italics: Ӳ ӳ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script,[1] derived from the Cyrillic letter U (У у У у).
| U with double acute | |
|---|---|
| Ӳ ӳ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Chuvash |
| Sound values | /y/ |
| In Unicode | U+04F2, U+04F3 |
U with double acute is only used in the Chuvash language, where it represents the close front rounded vowel /y/, the pronunciation of the Latin letter U with umlaut (Ü ü) in German. It is placed between ⟨У⟩ and ⟨Ф⟩ in the Chuvash alphabet. It is usually romanized as ⟨Ü⟩ but its ISO 9 transliteration is ⟨Ű⟩.
It was also formerly used in the Altai alphabet of 1840.
Computing codes
edit| Preview | Ӳ | ӳ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1266 | U+04F2 | 1267 | U+04F3 |
| UTF-8 | 211 178 | D3 B2 | 211 179 | D3 B3 |
| Numeric character reference | Ӳ | Ӳ | ӳ | ӳ |
See also
edit- Ӱ ӱ : Cyrillic letter U with diaeresis
- Ү ү : Cyrillic letter Ue
- Ű ű : Latin letter U with double acute - a Hungarian letter
References
edit- ↑ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 43. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
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