Nu (letter)

Not to be confused with the Greek letters Ͷ or υ, the Latin letters N, v, or ʋ, or the Cyrillic letters И or ѵ. For other uses, see Nu (disambiguation).

Nu (/ˈnjuː/ ⓘ; uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; Greek: vι ni, [ni]) is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal [n]. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50. It is derived from the Phoenician letter nun (𐤍). Its Latin equivalent is N, though the lowercase () resembles the Roman lowercase v.

The name of the letter is νῦ (nû, [nŷː]) in Ancient Greek, while in Modern Greek it is νι (ni, [ni]).

Letters that arose from nu include N in the Latin script and En (Н) in Cyrillic.

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