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Etymology
The hiragana character う (u) with a dakuten (゛). The hiragana ゔ, ゕ and ゖ were introduced for hiragana-katakana correspondence with ヴ, ヵ and ヶ in the Japanese input method in Fujitsu OASYS[1] and then registered in JIS X 0213.[2]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (some speakers, especially older people)
Syllable
ゔ • (vu)
- (rare) The hiragana syllable ゔ (vu). Its equivalent in katakana is ヴ (vu).
Usage notes
- This is a relatively recent addition to kana usage to represent the non-native sound vu. As such, this is only found in borrowed words. Many speakers, especially older people, may pronounce this more as bu, .
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
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