U+01AF "Ư" Latin Capital Letter U with Horn Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+01AF "Ư" Latin Capital Letter U with Horn is a specialized character used in the Vietnamese alphabet to represent a distinct vowel sound, formed by adding a small hook or horn to the standard uppercase U. This diacritical mark modifies the pronunciation of the letter, distinguishing it from the plain U and allowing it to be combined with additional tone marks for accurate written Vietnamese. It is part of the Latin Extended-B block in Unicode, ensuring digital compatibility across different devices and platforms for proper representation of the language.
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Latin Small Letter U with Horn
General Properties
Code Point
U+01AF
Name
Latin Capital Letter U with Horn
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Capital Letter U Horn
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Ư
HTML Hex Encoding
Ư
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC6 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x01AF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000001AF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u01af
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Latin