Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Etymology [ edit ] The hiragana character う ( u ) with a dakuten (゛ ゔ , ゕ and ゖ were introduced for hiragana-katakana correspondence with ヴ , ヵ and ヶ in the Japanese input method in Fujitsu OASYS [1] JIS X 0213 .[2]
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : [vɯ̟ᵝ] IPA (key ) : [bɯ̟ᵝ] ( some speakers, especially older people ) Syllable [ edit ] ゔ • (vu
( rare ) hiragana syllable ゔ ( vu ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ヴ ( vu ) .Usage notes [ edit ] This is a relatively recent addition to kana usage to represent the non-native sound vu . As such, this is only found in borrowed words. Many speakers, especially older people, may pronounce this more as bu , [bɯ̟ᵝ] . See also [ edit ] (Hiragana 平仮名 あ ぁ い ぃ う ぅ ゔ え ぇ お ぉ か ゕ が き ぎ く ぐ け ゖ げ こ 𛄲 ( 𛄲 ) ご さ ざ し じ す ず せ ぜ そ ぞ た だ ち ぢ つ っ づ て で と ど な に ぬ ね の は ば ぱ ひ び ぴ ふ ぶ ぷ へ べ ぺ ほ ぼ ぽ ま み む め も や ゃ 𛀆 ゆ ゅ 𛀁 よ ょ ら ら゚ り り゚ る る゚ れ れ゚ ろ ろ゚ わ ゎ わ゙ ゐ 𛅐 ( 𛅐 ) ゐ゙ 𛄟 ( 𛄟 ) , ゑ 𛅑 ( 𛅑 ) ゑ゙ を 𛅒 ( 𛅒 ) を゙ ん ー ゝ ゞ ゟ References [ edit ] 
