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U with ring above (Cyrillic)

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Cyrillic letter U with ring above
Phonetic usage:/ɵ~ʊː/
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА̀А̂А̄ӐӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЀЕ̂
Е̄ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́Ѕ
ИІІ́ЇЍИ̂Ӣ
ЙӤЈКЛЉМН
ЊОО̀О̂О̄ӦПР
СС́ТЋЌУУ̀У̂
ӮЎӰФХЦЧЏ
ШЩЪЪ̀ЫЬѢ
ЭЮЮ̀ЯЯ̀ʼˮ
Non-Slavic letters
А̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃Ӛ
В̌ԜГ̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂Г̆
Г̈Г̊ҔҒӺҒ̌Ғ̊
ӶГ̡Д́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆Ӗ
Е̃Ё̄Є̈ԐԐ̈ҖӜӁ
Ж̣ҘӞЗ̌З̣З̆ӠИ̃
И̇ҊҚӃҠҞҜК̣
К̊Қ̊ԚЛ́ӅԮԒ
Л̈ӍН́ӉҢԨӇ
ҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆
ӪԤП̈Р̌ҎС̌ҪС̣
С̱Т́Т̈Т̌Т̇Т̣Ҭ
У̃У̌ӲУ̊Ӱ̄ҰҮҮ́
Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌ҲӼХ̊
ӾӾ̊ҺҺ̈ԦЦ̌Ц̈Ҵ
ҶҶ̣ӴӋҸЧ̇Ч̣
ҼҾШ̣Ы̆Ы̄Ӹ
ҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄
Ю̆Ю̈Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈Ӏ
Archaic or unused letters

U with ring above (У̊ у̊) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Shughni language and formerly in 19th-century Lithuanian Cyrillic.

Uses

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The 1867 Lithuanian Cyrillic alphabet, with this letter

It is the 32nd letter of the Shughni alphabet between ӯ and Ф, representing /ɵ~ʊː/. Sometimes the digraph уо is used instead.[1]

U with ring above was also used in Lithuanian writing, notably in the orthography of Jonas Juška,[2] after the defeat in the January Uprising of 1863 and the following ban on Latin writing in official documents from 1864 to 1904.

Computing codes

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This letter is not a precomposed character. It needs to be composed using U+0423 У CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U+U+030A ◌̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE and U+0443 у CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U+U+030A ◌̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE.


Character information
Preview У у ̊
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U COMBINING RING ABOVE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 1059 U+0423 1091 U+0443 778 U+030A
UTF-8 208 163 D0 A3 209 131 D1 83 204 138 CC 8A
Numeric character reference У У у у ̊ ̊
Named character reference У у

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shugni language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  2. ^ Subačius, Giedrius (March 2008). "The Letter and Lithuanian Cyrillic Script: Two Language Planning Strategies in the Late Nineteenth Century". Journal of Baltic Studies. 39 (1): 73–82. doi:10.1080/01629770801908747. ISSN 0162-9778. S2CID 144055346.