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For other uses of "U", see U (disambiguation).

	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

U is the twenty-first letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled u (IPA: /juː/).

History

During the late Middle Ages, two forms of "v" or "u" developed, which were both used for modern u and v. The pointed form "v" was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form "u" was used in the middle or end, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, "have" and "upon" were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the "v" form was used to represent the consonant, and "u" the vowel sound, giving us the modern letter "u". Capital "U" appeared at this time; previously, V was used in all cases. Initially, once the letters 'u' and 'v' were established as separate letters, 'v' preceded 'u' in the alphabet; in modern times, this order has been reversed.

The letter 'u' was introduced into the Latin alphabet by Petrus Ramus in the 16th century.^[1]

Codes for computer

Alternative representations of U

NATO phonetic		Morse code
Uniform

Signal flag	Semaphore	ASL Manual	Braille

In Unicode the capital U is codepoint U+0055 and the lowercase u is U+0075.

The sage ASCII code for capital U is 85 and for lowercase u is 117; or in binary
01010101 and 01110101, correspondingly.

The EBCDIC code for capital U is 228 and for lowercase u is 164.

The numeric character references in HTML and XML are "U" and "u" for upper and lower case respectively.

References

1. ^ The Kensington Runestone - sk(l)ar

Science and technology

Haplogroup U (mtDNA)
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Latin alphabet
Child systems Numerous: see Alphabets derived from the Latin
Sister systems Cyrillic
Coptic
Armenian
Runic/Futhark
Unicode range See Latin characters in Unicode
ISO 15924 Latn

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A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a^[1] (IPA: /eɪ/), plural aes, as, or a's.
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B is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled bee or occasionally be (IPA: /biː/), plural bees.
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This article is about the letter. For other uses, see C (disambiguation).

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For the emoticon :D'', see Emoticon. (For technical reasons, :D brings you here.)

Basic Latin alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd
Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj
Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp
Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
Ww Xx Yy Zz
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E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (IPA: /iː/), plural es or ees (also written E's, Es, e's, etc.).
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F is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ef (IPA: /ɛf/), or eff when used as a verb.
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G is the seventh letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled gee or occasionally ge (IPA /dʒiː/).
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H is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled aitch,^[1] pronounced IPA /eɪtʃ/ in most dialects, though in Irish and Indian English it is generally haitch
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I is the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is i [aɪ].

History

Egyptian hieroglyph ˁ Proto-Semitic Y Phoenician Y Etruscan I Greek Iota
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J is the tenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet; it was the last of the 26 letters to be added. Its name in English is jay IPA: /dʒeɪ/.
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K is the eleventh letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled kay (IPA /keɪ/).^[1]

History and usage

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L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is el (IPA: /ɛl/).^[1]

History

The letter L
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M is the thirteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled em (IPA: /ɛm/).^[1]

History

The letter M
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N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled en (IPA: /ɛn/).^[1]

History of the form

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O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled o (IPA /oʊ/), plural oes.
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P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled pee or occasionally pe (IPA: /piː/)^[1].
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Q is the seventeenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cue (IPA: /kju/).^[1]

History

Egyptian hieroglyph wj Phoenician Q Etruscan Q Greek Qoppa
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R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ar (IPA: /ɑr/: [ɑː]
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S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ess or occasionally es (IPA: /ɛs/), generally es- when part of a compound word, plural esses.
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T is the twentieth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled tee or occasionally te (IPA: /tiː/).
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V is the twenty-second letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled vee or occasionally ve (IPA: /viː/).
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W is the twenty-third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled double-u.^[1] Along with Y, it is one of two letters to serve as a representation for both vowel and consonant sounds.
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X is the twenty-fourth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ex (IPA: /ɛks/),^[1] plural exes.
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Y is the twenty-fifth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled wye or occasionally wy (IPA: /waɪ/), plural wyes.
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Z is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the modern Latin alphabet.

In many dialects of English, the letter's name is zed (IPA: /zɛd/), reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below).
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Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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This chart shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language.

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