Appendix:Variations of "w"

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The letter “w” is subject to a wide range of variations through the addition of diacritics, capitalization, punctuation, and use in different scripts. These include:

Capitalization and punctuation

• w - minuscule (plain)
• W - majuscule (plain)
• W.
• w.
• .w
• w/
• ^W
• 'w
• -w
• w-

Diacritics

• Ẃ
• ẃ
• Ẁ
• ẁ
• Ŵ
• ŵ
• ̊
• ẘ
• Ẅ
• ẅ
• Ẇ
• ẇ
• Ẉ
• ẉ
• ʍ
• ʷ
• ʬ

Other encodings

Other representations of W:

NATO phonetic: Whiskey Morse code: ·–– Braille: ⠺ ASL Manual: W

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Other scripts

Latin

• uu - minuscule
• Uu - majuscule
• UU - majuscule
• vv - minuscule
• Vv - majuscule
• VV - majuscule

Armenian

• Ւ - majuscule
• ւ - minuscule

Old English

• Ƿ (wynn, majuscule, representing the sound /w/)
• ƿ (wynn, minuscule, representing the sound /w/)

Arabic

• و

Cyrillic

• Ԝ - Majuscule
• ԝ - Minuscule
• Ў - Majuscule
• ў - Minuscule

Greek

Ancient Greek

• Ϝ – majuscule
• ϝ – minuscule

Hebrew

Two vovs together װ is the usual way to transliterate W in Israel, though Yemenite Jews pronounce the regular vov ו the same as W.

Other

• ｗ (Japanese internet slang for a laugh, smile)
• ₩ (symbol for the won, the national currency of South Korea)

Fraktur

• Upper case: 𝔚 (normal), 𝖂 (bold)
• Lower case: 𝔴 (normal), 𝖜 (bold)

Combinations with numbers

• W-2
• W3
• W-4
• W5
• w8

Similar symbols

• ש, the Hebrew letter shin, looks similar, but represents the "sh" sound.
• , the symbol for the old Israeli shekel.
• ω, the Greek lowercase omega, looks similar, but represents the letter "o".
• Ш, the Cyrillic letter, looks similar, but represents the '"sh" sound.
• Щ, the Cyrillic letter, looks similar, but represents the "щ" sound.
• ѡ, the Old Cyrillic lowercase omega, looks similar, but represents the letter "o".
• Ѡ, the Old Cyrillic uppercase omega, looks similar, but represents the letter "o" or the number 800.