ゔ

See also: う

ゔ	U+3094, ゔ HIRAGANA LETTER VU

Composition:

う [U+3046] + ◌゙ [U+3099]

← ん
[U+3093]

Hiragana

ゕ →
[U+3095]

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

The hiragana character う (u) with a dakuten (゛).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝ]

Syllable

ゔ (romaji vu)

The hiragana syllable ゔ (vu). Its equivalent in katakana is ヴ (vu).

Usage notes

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. Older speakers may pronounce this more as /bu/, [bɯᵝ].

(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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

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