U (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with the Cyrillic letter Ү, the Latin letter Y, or the Greek letters Υ or γ.
U
У у
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originOld Church Slavonic
Sound values[u], [ʊw]
In UnicodeU+0423, U+0443
History
Development
TransliterationsU u
Other
Associated numbers400 (Cyrillic numerals)

U (У у; italics: У у or У у; italics: У у) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the close back rounded vowel /u/, somewhat like the pronunciation of ⟨oo⟩ in "boot" or "boo". The forms of the Cyrillic letter U are similar to the lowercase of the Latin letter Y (Y y; Y y).

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