U

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Latin
Phonetic usage	[u]; [w]; [ʉ]; [y]; [ʏ]; [h]; [ʊ]; [iː]; [ɨː]; [ʌ]; [ɛ]; /juː/;
Unicode codepoint	U+0055; U+0075;
Alphabetical position	21
History
Development	Υ υ 𐌖 U u; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	1386–present
Descendants	W; ᴝ; ꭎ; ∪; ∩; V;
Sisters	F; W; Ѵ; У; Ў; Ұ; Ү; ו; و; ܘ; וּ; וֹ; ࠅ; 𐎆; 𐡅; ወ; વ; ૂ ુ; उ;
Other
Other letters commonly used with	u(x); qu;
Writing direction	Left to right

U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is u (pronounced /ˈjuː/), plural ues.

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