U+016B "ū" Latin Small Letter U with Macron Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ū
Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+016B "ū" Latin Small Letter U with Macron is a standardized typographic glyph representing a 'u' with a horizontal line, or macron, placed above it, which is used in various languages to denote a long vowel sound, such as in Latvian, Māori, and romanized Japanese, where it distinguishes meaning and pronunciation from its short counterpart, such as in the Māori word "rūma" meaning room.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+016B
Name
Latin Small Letter U with Macron
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Small Letter U Macron

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ū
HTML Hex Encoding
ū
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC5 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x016B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000016B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u016b