is a letter of the French

Use of the circumflex in French

The circumflex is one of the five diacritics used in the French language. It may be used atop the vowels a, e, i, o, and u.In French, the circumflex has three primary functions:...

, Friulian

Friulian language

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, Kurdish

Kurdish language

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, and Turkish

Turkish language

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 alphabets. This letter was used in the ISO 9:1995

ISO 9

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 system of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю and also in Wade-Giles

Wade-Giles

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 (one of the romanization systems in Chinese

Chinese language

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) for apical dental unrounded vowel as in tzû, tz'û, ssû, corresponds to present zi, ci, si in Pinyin

Pinyin

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 respectively. It is also in Taos

Taos language

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.

Afrikaans

In Afrikaans

Afrikaans

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, û is a punctuated form of u and a usage example includes "brûe", plural of "brug" (= bridge).

French

In French, û does not change the pronunciation of the letter u. In some words, it is used to distinguish two homographs (such as jeune "young" versus jeûne "a fast"). In certain other words, such as mû, the circumflex has no disambiguating value; attempts have been made to abolish it in words such as these. See Use of the circumflex in French

Use of the circumflex in French

The circumflex is one of the five diacritics used in the French language. It may be used atop the vowels a, e, i, o, and u.In French, the circumflex has three primary functions:...

.

Kurdish

Û is used in Latin Kurmanjî

Kurmanji

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in the Kurdish alphabet

Kurdish alphabet

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 to represent a close central rounded vowel, /ʉ/.

Turkish

Û is used like the letter "U" while reading, but in some irregular words such as "sükûnet" (quietness) are pronounced as /sykunet/.

Character mappings

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Majuscule	U+00DB	DB
Minuscule	U+00FB	FB