See also: ๆฑ™ and ใ†

๐›„Ÿ U+1B11F, 𛄟
HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU
โ† ๐›„ž
[U+1B11E]
Kana Extended-A ๐›„  โ†’
[U+1B120]

Japanese

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Etymology

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From ๆฑ™.

Syllable

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๐›„Ÿ โ€ข (wu)ย 

  1. The hiragana syllable ๐›„Ÿ (wu). Its equivalent in katakana is ๐›„ข (wu).

Usage notes

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In modern Japanese, old /ฮฒฬžu/ evolved into /u/, and is written as ใ† in hiragana and ใ‚ฆ in katakana. The sound /ฮฒฬžu/ was reintroduced later and is written as ใ†ใ… in hiragana and ใ‚ฆใ‚ฅ in katakana - however most speakers pronounce this as a long /u/ sound, i.e. /uห/.
  • ๐›„Ÿ is a retrospective invention. It was not actually used in the ancient Japanese literature (which uses man'yลgana instead) and thus is not included in the historical kana orthography.
  • In Meiji era grammar books, ๐›„Ÿ was sometimes used to spell ใƒฏ่กŒไธ‹ไบŒๆฎตๆดป็”จ verbs.
  • In ancient times, all ใฏ่กŒ sounds were pronounced /pV/ (โ€œVโ€ being any of the Japanese vowels). Then, during the Nara period, it shifted to /ษธV/ when it was in the middle or at the end of a word. Between the Heian and Kamakura periods, /ษธV/ changed to /ฮฒV/โ†’/ฮฒฬžV/โ†’/V/. Some older grammar books used ๐›„Ÿ to show this in ใƒ่กŒๅ››ๆฎตๆดป็”จ verbs, ใƒ่กŒไธŠไบŒๆฎตๆดป็”จ verbs, and ใƒ่กŒไธ‹ไบŒๆฎตๆดป็”จ verbs (e.g. ๆ€(ใŠใ‚‚)ใต (omofu) as ๆ€(ใŠใ‚‚)๐›„Ÿ (omowu).

See also

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The Hiragana script
ใ‚ใ
ใ‚ใ‚™
ใ‹ใ‚•
ใŒใ‹ใ‚š
ใ•
ใ–ใ•ใ‚š
ใŸ
ใ ใŸใ‚š
ใช ใฏ
ใฐใฑ
ใพ ใ‚„ใ‚ƒ ใ‚‰
ใ‚‰ใ‚š
ใ‚ใ‚Ž
ใ‚ใ‚™
ใ‚“
ใ‚“ใ‚™
ใ„ใƒ
ใ„ใ‚™
ใ
ใŽใใ‚š
ใ—
ใ˜ใ—ใ‚š
ใก
ใขใกใ‚š
ใซ ใฒ
ใณใด
ใฟ ๐›€† ใ‚Š
ใ‚Šใ‚š
ใ‚๐›…
ใ‚ใ‚™
ใ†ใ…
ใ‚”ใ†ใ‚š
ใ
ใใใ‚š
ใ™
ใšใ™ใ‚š
ใคใฃ
ใฅใคใ‚š
ใฌ ใต
ใถใท
ใ‚€ ใ‚†ใ‚… ใ‚‹
ใ‚‹ใ‚š
๐›„Ÿ
ใˆใ‡
ใˆใ‚™
ใ‘ใ‚–
ใ’ใ‘ใ‚š
ใ›
ใœใ›ใ‚š
ใฆ
ใงใฆใ‚š
ใญ ใธ
ในใบ
ใ‚ ๐›€ ใ‚Œ
ใ‚Œใ‚š
ใ‚‘๐›…‘
ใ‚‘ใ‚™
ใŠใ‰
ใŠใ‚™
ใ“๐›„ฒ
ใ”ใ“ใ‚š
ใ
ใžใใ‚š
ใจ
ใฉใจใ‚š
ใฎ ใป
ใผใฝ
ใ‚‚ ใ‚ˆใ‚‡ ใ‚
ใ‚ใ‚š
ใ‚’๐›…’
ใ‚’ใ‚™
Additional symbols: ย  ใƒผใ‚ใ‚žใ‚ใ‚šใ‚Ÿ