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| U with ring above | |
|---|---|
| У̊ у̊ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | /ɵ~ʊː/ |
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U with ring above (У̊ у̊) is a letter of theCyrillic script, used in theShughni language and formerly in 19th-centuryLithuanian Cyrillic.

It is the 32nd letter of the Shughni alphabet betweenӯ andФ, representing/ɵ~ʊː/. Sometimes the digraph уо is used instead.[1]
U with ring above was also used in Lithuanian writing, notably in the orthography ofJonas Juška,[2] after the defeat in theJanuary Uprising of 1863 and the following ban on Latin writing in official documents from 1864 to 1904.
This letter is not aprecomposed character. It needs to be composed usingU+0423 УCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U+U+030A ◌̊COMBINING RING ABOVE andU+0443 уCYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U+U+030A ◌̊COMBINING RING ABOVE.
| Preview | У | у | ̊ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U | COMBINING RING ABOVE | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1059 | U+0423 | 1091 | U+0443 | 778 | U+030A |
| UTF-8 | 208 163 | D0 A3 | 209 131 | D1 83 | 204 138 | CC 8A |
| Numeric character reference | У | У | у | у | ̊ | ̊ |
| Named character reference | У | у | ||||
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