U

See also: u, û, Ս, Ա, Մ, ∪, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

U U+0055, U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U ← T [U+0054] Basic Latin V → [U+0056]

Character variations

Ｕ U+FF35, Ｕ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U ← Ｔ [U+FF34] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｖ → [U+FF36]

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Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of Y, V, and F.

Letter

U (lower case u)

1. The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Ｕｕ  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ

Symbol

U

2. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for uranium.
3. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for uracil
4. (physics) voltage
5. (mathematics, statistics) uniform distribution
6. (algebra) unitary group
7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a rounded vowel or a back vowel

   Synonym: O

8. Rack unit, the unit of length defined as 1.75 inches.
9. The symbol in bases higher than thirty for the number expressed as 30 in decimal.

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

See also

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Other representations of U:

NATO phonetic: Uniform Morse code: ··– Braille: ⠥ ASL Manual: U

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