U+1EED "ử" Latin Small Letter U with Horn and Hook Above Unicode Character

U+1EED "ử" Latin Small Letter U with Horn and Hook Above is a precomposed character used in the Vietnamese alphabet, where it represents the vowel "u" pronounced with a mid-rising or dipping tone, known as the hỏi tone, and is written with a horn diacritic added to the base letter "u" along with a hook above. This character is essential for distinguishing tonal differences in Vietnamese orthography, which relies on diacritics to indicate both vowel quality and tone. It is encoded in the Latin Extended Additional block of Unicode and is commonly utilized in digital text representation for languages like Vietnamese. The visual appearance of "ử" combines a standard lowercase "u" with a small curve (the horn) attached to its upper right side, topped by a small hook-shaped mark.