Ư

U with horn
Ư ư
U+, U*
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	Vietnamese
Sound values	[ɨ] [ɯ]
History
Development	U u Ư ư
Sisters	Ừừ, Ứứ, Ửử, Ữữ, Ựự
Variations	U+, U*
Other
Writing direction	Left to Right

Ư (lowercase ư) is one of the 12 Vietnamese language vowels. It represents the Vietnamese sound [ɨ].

As with most special Vietnamese letters, this letter is not well-supported by fonts and is often typed as either ⟨u+⟩ or ⟨u*⟩. The VIQR standard is ⟨u+⟩.

On the Windows default Vietnamese keyboard Ư can be found on where the [ key is on a US English keyboard layout.

Because Vietnamese is a tonal language this letter may optionally have any one of the five tonal symbols above or below it.

• Ừ ừ
• Ứ ứ
• Ử ử
• Ữ ữ
• Ự ự

Character mappings

Character information

Preview	Ư		ư		Ừ		ừ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN		LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND GRAVE		LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND GRAVE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	431	U+01AF	432	U+01B0	7914	U+1EEA	7915	U+1EEB
UTF-8	198 175	C6 AF	198 176	C6 B0	225 187 170	E1 BB AA	225 187 171	E1 BB AB
Numeric character reference	Ư	Ư	ư	ư	Ừ	Ừ	ừ	ừ
VISCII	191	BF	223	DF	187	BB	215	D7

Character information

Preview	Ứ		ứ		Ử		ử
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND ACUTE		LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND ACUTE		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE		LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	7912	U+1EE8	7913	U+1EE9	7916	U+1EEC	7917	U+1EED
UTF-8	225 187 168	E1 BB A8	225 187 169	E1 BB A9	225 187 172	E1 BB AC	225 187 173	E1 BB AD
Numeric character reference	Ứ	Ứ	ứ	ứ	Ử	Ử	ử	ử
VISCII	186	BA	209	D1	188	BC	216	D8

Character information

Preview	Ữ		ữ		Ự		ự
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND TILDE		LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND TILDE		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW		LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	7918	U+1EEE	7919	U+1EEF	7920	U+1EF0	7921	U+1EF1
UTF-8	225 187 174	E1 BB AE	225 187 175	E1 BB AF	225 187 176	E1 BB B0	225 187 177	E1 BB B1
Numeric character reference	Ữ	Ữ	ữ	ữ	Ự	Ự	ự	ự
VISCII	255	FF	230	E6	185	B9	241	F1

See also

• Ơ
• Vietnamese alphabet