V

V, or v, is the twenty-second letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is vee (pronounced /ˈv/), plural vees.

V
V v
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic and Logographic
Language of originLatin language
Phonetic usage[v]
[w]
[β̞]
[f]
[b]
[u]
[ə]
[ə̃]
[y]
[ʋ]
[ɯ]
[ɤ]
Unicode codepointU+0056, U+0076
Alphabetical position22
History
Development
Time period~-700 to present
Descendants  U
  W
 
 
 
 
 
SistersF
Ѵ
У
Ў
Ұ
Ү

ו
و
ܘ

וּ
וֹ

𐎆
𐡅



Transliteration equivalentsY, U, W
Other
Other letters commonly used withv(x)
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
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