ゔ

ゔ

See also: う

ゔ U+3094, ゔ HIRAGANA LETTER VU Composition: う [U+3046] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← ん [U+3093] Hiragana ゕ → [U+3095]

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

The hiragana character う (u) with a dakuten (゛). The hiragana ゔ, ゕ and ゖ were introduced for hiragana-katakana correspondence with ヴ, ヵ and ヶ in the Japanese input method in Fujitsu OASYS[1] and then registered in JIS X 0213[2].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɯ̟ᵝ]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝ] (some speakers, especially older people)

Syllable

ゔ (romaji vu)

1. (rare) alternative form of ヴ with no meaningful usage

Usage notes

This is a relatively recent addition to kana usage to represent the non-native sound vu. As such, this usage is only found in borrowed words. Some speakers, especially older people, may pronounce this as /bu/, [bɯ̟ᵝ].

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

References

1. ooooasys, 2008-08-16
2. Katsumi Kokoma, message on 「ヴ」のひらがな（道浦俊彦）, Kotoba Kaigishitsu, 2000-05-16