Kazakh Short U
Encyclopedia
Kazakh Short U is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
. In Unicode
, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke". Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue
( ) with a horizontal line through it. It is similar to the symbol for the Japanese yen
or the Chinese yuan
(¥).
Kazakh Short U is used in the alphabet of the Kazakh language
, where it represents the close back rounded vowel
/u/, like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "boot", or the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "hook". It is romanized
as ⟨u⟩.
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
. In Unicode
Unicode
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, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke". Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue
Ue (Cyrillic)
Ue or Straight U is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It is a form of the Cyrillic letter U with a vertical, rather than diagonal, center line...
( ) with a horizontal line through it. It is similar to the symbol for the Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
or the Chinese yuan
Chinese yuan
The yuan is the base unit of a number of modern Chinese currencies. The yuan is the primary unit of account of the Renminbi.A yuán is also known colloquially as a kuài . One yuán is divided into 10 jiǎo or colloquially máo...
(¥).
Kazakh Short U is used in the alphabet of the Kazakh language
Kazakh language
Kazakh is a Turkic language which belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak....
, where it represents the close back rounded vowel
Close back rounded vowel
The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is u....
/u/, like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "boot", or the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "hook". It is romanized
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization or latinization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman script, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system . Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written...
as ⟨u⟩.
Computing codes
character | ||||
Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER STRAIGHT U WITH STROKE |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER STRAIGHT U WITH STROKE |
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character encoding | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
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1200 | 04B0 | 1201 | 04B1 |
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210 176 | D2 B0 | 210 177 | D2 B1 |
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Ұ | Ұ | ұ | ұ |
See also
- У у : Cyrillic letter UU (Cyrillic)U is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It commonly represents the close back rounded vowel , somewhat like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "boot"...
- Ў ў : Cyrillic letter Short UShort UShort U is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet.The only Slavic language using this letter is the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet....
: Cyrillic letter UeUe (Cyrillic)Ue or Straight U is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It is a form of the Cyrillic letter U with a vertical, rather than diagonal, center line... - Cyrillic characters in UnicodeCyrillic characters in UnicodeThe Cyrillic script is encoded in four blocks in Unicode, all in BMP:* Cyrillic: , 256 characters* Cyrillic Supplement: , 48 characters* Cyrillic Extended-A: , 32 characters* Cyrillic Extended-B: , 96 characters...