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U

U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is u (pronounced /ˈjuː/ ⓘ), plural ues.[full citation needed]

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Alphabetical position
21
Associated graphs
u(x) · qu
Descendants
W · ᴝ · ꭎ [fr] · ∪ · ∩
Development
𐌖VU u · VU u · U u
In Unicode
U+0055 · U+0075
Language of origin
Latin

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U

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples215
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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related to Ancestors, descendants and siblings · 90
U → A7B8ꞸLATIN CAPITAL LETTER, A7B9ꞹLATIN SMALL LETTER, AB4EꭎLATIN SMALL LETTER, AB4FꭏLATIN SMALL LETTER, AB51ꭑLATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED, AB52ꭒLATIN SMALL LETTER, AB5FꭟMODIFIER LETTER SMALL, Aegean, AlteSchwabacher, Artaxerxes, AtlantisFraktur, BAR WITH SHORT RIGHT, Breitkopf Fraktur, BreitkopfFraktur, Cankama, Code2001, Cprt, Cyrillic, Digamma, DigammaIPA-specific
Sound values · 20
U → [h], [iː], [juː], [jʉː], [u], [w], [y], [ø], [ɐ], [ɔ̝], [ə], [ɛ], [ɤ], [ɨ], [ɯ], [ɵ], [ʉ], [ʊ], [ʌ], [ʏ]
Sisters · 19
U → F, W, Ў, У, Ѵ, Ү, Ұ, ו, וֹ, וּ, و, ܘ, ࠅ, उ, વ, ૂ ુ, ወ, 𐎆, 𐡅
related to Other uses · 19
U → Burmese, CAPITAL LETTER, For, Greek, In, International Phonetic Alphabet, It, Miami, Newtonian, RU, SMALL LETTER, Some, The, Unicode, University, Ustaše, Utah, Venn, World War II
related to English · 11
U → After, American English, French, In English, It, June, Long, Old English, Short, The, There
related to history · 9
U → Digamma, Egyptian, In Greek, Its, Phoenician, Semitic, The, This, Upsilon
related to Other languages · 8
U → Afrikaans, In, In Dutch, In French, In Northern, In Welsh, Latin, Southern
Descendants · 5
U → W, ᴝ, ∩, ∪, ꭎ [fr]
related to Computing · 5
U → CAPITAL LETTER UU, FF35ＵFULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER, FF55ｕFULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER, SMALL LETTER UU, UU
related to External links · 5
U → Media, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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letter english used vowel latin alphabet sound rounded words greek long close 'u' phonetic ipa languages name language waw represented

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UAlphabetical position211.00infobox
UAssociated graphsu(x)1.00infobox
UAssociated graphsqu1.00infobox
UDescendantsW1.00infobox
UDescendantsᴝ1.00infobox
UDescendantsꭎ [fr]1.00infobox
UDescendants∪1.00infobox
UDescendants∩1.00infobox
UDevelopment.mw-parser-output .polytonic{font-family:"SBL Greek","SBL BibLit","New Athena Unicode","EB Garamond","EB Garamond 12","Foulis Greek","Garamond Libre","Noto Sans","Noto Serif","C…1.00infobox
UDevelopment𐌖VU u1.00infobox
UDevelopmentVU u1.00infobox
UDevelopmentU u1.00infobox
UIn UnicodeU+00551.00infobox
UIn UnicodeU+00751.00infobox
ULanguage of originLatin1.00infobox
USistersF1.00infobox
USistersW1.00infobox
USistersѴ1.00infobox
USistersУ1.00infobox
USistersЎ1.00infobox
USistersҰ1.00infobox
USistersҮ1.00infobox
USistersו1.00infobox
USistersو1.00infobox
USistersܘ1.00infobox
USistersוּ1.00infobox
USistersוֹ1.00infobox
USistersࠅ1.00infobox
USisters𐎆1.00infobox
USisters𐡅1.00infobox

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