U with ring above (Cyrillic)

Summary

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.

Cyrillic letter U with ring above
Phonetic usage:/ɵ~ʊː/
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА̀А̂А̄ӒБВГ
ҐДЂЃЕЀЕ̄Е̂
ЁЄЖЗЗ́ЅИІ
ЇЍИ̂ӢЙЈК
ЛЉМНЊОО̀О̂
ŌӦПРР̌СС́Т
ЋЌУУ̀У̂ӮЎӰ
ФХЦЧЏШЩ
ЪЪ̀ЫЬѢЭЮЮ̀
ЯЯ̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌ԜГ̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂
Г̆Г̈ҔҒӺҒ̌Ӷ
Д́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃
Ё̄Є̈ԐԐ̈ҖӜӁЖ̣
ҘӞЗ̌З̣З̆ӠИ̃Ӥ
ҊҚӃҠҞҜК̣Ԛ
Л́ӅԮԒЛ̈Ӎ
Н́ӉҢԨӇҤО̆О̃
Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈
ҎС̌ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌
Т̇Т̣ҬУ̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄
ҰҮҮ́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌
ҲӼӾҺҺ̈ԦЦ̌Ц̈
ҴҶҶ̣ӴӋҸЧ̇
Ч̣ҼҾШ̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄
ӸҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇Ӭ
Ӭ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈
Ӏʼˮ
Archaic or unused letters
А̨Б̀Б̣Б̱В̀Г̀Г̧
Г̄Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆ԀД̓
Д̀Д̨ԂЕ̇Е̨
Ж̀Ж̑Џ̆
Ꚅ̆З̀З̑ԄԆ
ԪІ̂І̣І̨
Ј̵Ј̃К̓К̀К̆Ӄ̆
К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Л̀ԠԈЛ̑Л̇Ԕ
М̀М̃Н̀Н̄Н̧
Н̃ԊԢН̡Ѻ
П̓П̀
П́ҦП̧П̑ҀԚ̆Р́
Р̀Р̃ԖС̀С̈ԌҪ̓
Т̓Т̀ԎТ̑Т̧
Ꚍ̆ОУУ̇
У̨ꙋ́Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇
Х̧Х̾Х̓һ̱ѠѼ
ѾЦ̀Ц́Ц̓Ꚏ̆
Ч́Ч̀Ч̆Ч̑Ч̓
ԬꚆ̆Ҽ̆Ш̀
Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ̆Ы̂
Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆Э̨Э̂
Ю̂Я̈Я̂Я̨
ԘѤѦѪѨ
ѬѮѰѲѴѶ

Uses edit

 
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 edit

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

References edit

  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.