U+016D "ŭ" Latin Small Letter U with Breve Unicode Character

U+016D "ŭ" Latin Small Letter U with Breve is a modified Latin letter that consists of a standard lowercase "u" combined with a breve diacritic, which is a curved mark placed above the letter to indicate a short vowel sound. It is primarily used in the romanization of several languages, including Belarusian, where it represents the sound /u/ in a short or reduced form, and in the Esperanto alphabet as the letter "u" with a breve, pronounced like the English "w" in "well." Additionally, it appears in the transcription of certain African and indigenous languages to denote a specific vowel quality.