𛄟

See also: 汙 and う

𛄟	U+1B11F, 𛄟 <reserved-1B11F>

[unassigned: U+1B120–U+1B14F]

← 𛄞
[U+1B11E]

Kana Extended-A

𛅐 →
[U+1B150]

Japanese

Etymology

From 紆.

Syllable

𛄟 (romaji wu)

The hiragana syllable 𛄟 (wu). Its equivalent in katakana is 𛄢 (wu).

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, old /β̞u/ evolved into /u/, and is written as う in hiragana and ウ in katakana. Sound /β̞u/ reintroduced later is written as うぅ in hiragana and ウゥ in katakana - however most speakers pronounce this as a long /u/ sound.

𛄟 is a retrospective invention. It was not actually used in the ancient Japanese literature (which uses man'yōgana instead) and thus is not included in the historical kana orthography.
In Meiji era grammar books, 𛄟 was sometimes used to spell ワ行下二段活用 verbs.
In ancient times, all は行 sounds were pronounced /pV/ (“V” being any of the Japanese vowels). Then, during the Nara period, it shifted to /ɸV/ when it was in the middle or at the end of a word. Between the Heian and Kamakura periods, /ɸV/ changed to /βV/→/β̞V/→/V/. Some older grammar books used 𛄟 to show this in ハ行四段活用 verbs, ハ行上二段活用 verbs, and ハ行下二段活用 verbs (e.g. 思(おも)ふ (omofu) as 思(おも)𛄟 (omo𛄟).

Words containing Old Japanese /β̞u/ of Sinitic origin

教(きょう) (kyō) ← 教(け𛄟) (kewu)
香(こう) (kō) ← 香(か𛄟) (kawu)

Words containing Old Japanese /β̞u/ of Japonic origin

妹(いもうと) (imōto) ← 妹(いも𛄟と) (imowuto)

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕがか゚	さざさ゚	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎき゚	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ𛅐
うぅゔ	くぐく゚	すず	つっづつ゚	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇ	けゖげけ゚	せぜせ゚	てで	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ𛅑
おぉ	こごこ゚	そぞ	とどと゚	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を𛅒
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ