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Ú or ú (U with acute) is a Latin letter used in the Czech, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, and Slovak writing systems. This letter also appears in Dutch, Irish, Occitan, Pinyin, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Vietnamese as a variant of the letter "U".

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Usage in various languages

Czech

Ú/ú is the 34th letter of the Czech alphabet, and represents a /uː/ sound. It can only appear as the first letter of the word, except in compound words, such as "trojúhelník" - triangle, which is composed of two words - "troj" which is derived from tři meaning three and "úhel" which means angle.

Faroese

Ú/ú is the 24th letter of the Faroese alphabet, and may represent the following sounds:

  • Short [ʏ] in such words as krúss [kɹʏsː] ("mug", "coffee cup")
  • Short [ɪ] before /ɡv/ in such words as kúgv [kɪɡv] ("cow"), but also in brúdleyp [bɹɪdlɛip] ("bridal")
  • Long [ʉu] diphthong in úti [ʉuːtɪ] ("out"), hús [hʉuːs] ("house"), [jʉuː] ("but"),

Hungarian

Ú/ú is the 36th letter of the Hungarian alphabet, and represents a /uː/ sound.

Icelandic

Ú/ú is the 25th letter of the Icelandic alphabet, and represents a /u/ sound.

Pinyin

In Pinyin (Mandarin Chinese transliterated to Latin), Ú/ú represents a "U" vowel sound of the second (rising) tone.

Slovak

Ú/ú is the 39th letter of the Slovak alphabet, and represents a /uː/ sound.

Portuguese

In Portuguese, the "ú" isn't considered a letter, but the letter "u" with an accent. It's used to denote an "u" syllable with abnormal stress.

Italian

Ú/ú is used in words like "Menú", "Virtú", and "Goventú".


Encodings

Computer systems may represent Ú/ú in the following ways:

Literature Unicode HTML entity UTF-8
Hex Decimal Named
Ú U+00DA Ú Ú Ú \xC3\xBA
ú U+00FA ú ú ú \xC3\x9A

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Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Letter U with diacritics
Úú Ùù Ŭŭ Ûû Ǔǔ Ůů Üü Ǘǘ Ǜǜ Ǚǚ Ǖǖ Űű Ũũ Ṹṹ Ųų Ūū Ṻṻ Ủủ Ȕȕ Ȗȗ Ưư Ứứ Ừừ Ữữ Ửử Ựự
Ụụ Ṳṳ Ṷṷ Ṵṵ Ʉʉ
Letters using acute accent ( ◌́ )
Áá Ǽǽ Ćć Éé Ǵǵ Í í Ḱḱ Ĺĺ Ḿḿ Ńń Óó Ǿǿ Ṕṕ Ŕŕ Śś Úú Ẃẃ Ýý Źź
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Ústí nad Labem (city of northwest Czech Republic)
Il Divo: Encore (Music Film)
Pelikanismus (2001 Album by Tobias Delius 4tet)
Icelandic language (language, Iceland)