Kazakh Short U

Not to be confused with Y with stroke, Yen and yuan sign, or Ue (Cyrillic).

Straight U with stroke (Ұ ұ; italics: Ұ ұ), is a letter of the Cyrillic script.^[1] In Unicode, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke".^[1] Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue (Ү ү Ү ү) with a horizontal stroke through it.

Straight U with stroke
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[ʊ]
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Collage of two street signs in Kazakh, both featuring the letter Ұ

Usage

Kazakh Short U is used only in the alphabet of the Kazakh language,^[1] where it represents the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/, like the pronunciation of the ⟨oo⟩ in "book".^[2] In other circumstances, it is used as a replacement for the former letter^{[clarification needed]} to represent the close front rounded vowel /y/ in situations where it would be easily confused with Cyrillic У у.^{[citation needed]} It is romanized as ⟨ū⟩ in Kazakh (2021 reform).

Unicode

Character information

Preview	Ұ		ұ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER STRAIGHT U WITH STROKE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER STRAIGHT U WITH STROKE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1200	U+04B0	1201	U+04B1
UTF-8	210 176	D2 B0	210 177	D2 B1
Numeric character reference	Ұ	Ұ	ұ	ұ
KZ-1048	162	A2	163	A3
Mac OS Turkic Cyrillic	173	AD	214	D6
KOI8-C/KOI8-CA	150	96	134	86
Code page 58152	246	F6	247	F7

See also

• Ú ú : Latin letter Ú
• У у : Cyrillic letter U
• У́ у́ : Cyrillic letter U with acute
• Ў ў : Cyrillic letter short U
• Ү ү : Cyrillic letter Ue (straight U)
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode
• ¥ (Japanese yen or Chinese yuan)
• Ɏ (Latin letter Y with stroke)