U+04B0 "Ұ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Straight U with Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ұ
U+04B0 "Ұ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Straight U with Stroke is a modified form of the Cyrillic letter U, distinguished by a horizontal stroke through its center, and it is primarily used in the Kazakh, Karakalpak, and Yakut alphabets to represent a specific back vowel sound, typically the close back unrounded vowel /ɯ/ or a similar sound that contrasts with the standard Cyrillic U (У). This character is part of the Cyrillic block in Unicode, and its lowercase counterpart is U+04B1 "ұ". Its design ensures clarity in distinguishing phonemic contrasts within these languages, supporting accurate representation in digital text and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+04B0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Straight U with Stroke |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Straight U Bar |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ұ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ұ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD2 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x04B0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000004B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u04b0 |