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Writing D'Nealian cursive forms of W as used in the US

Usage

Writing system Latin script

Type Alphabetic andLogographic

Unicode value U+0057, U+0077

Alphabetical position 23

History

Development

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- - - - Υ υ
        𐌖
        Y
        V
        W w

Time period ~600 to present

Other

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TheLatin alphabet
	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

W is the twenty-third (number 23)letter in theLatin alphabet. Its name is pronounced "double-u".^{[note 1]} It is the only letter whose name has three syllables in English.

In words likeaway,what,write andwomen, the letter W is aconsonant (semivowel). In words likedraw,few andlow, the letter W is avowel.

Meanings for W

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Oncalendars, W is most times ashort letter forWednesday.
Inchemistry, W is the symbol fortungsten, after itsGerman name,Wolfram.
Innews story writing, the "five W's" stand forwho,what,when,where andwhy.
Inelectricity, W stands forwatts
Inparticle physics, W stands for theW boson. Some words sound as if they start with an R, but they start with a silent W, like wrong, and wreck, which is why you never hear the W at the beginning of these words, as you can see. Note that only the R sound can be heard, because it comes after the silent W starting the words.
Inslang, W stands for Win.

Notes

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↑Pronounced/ˈdʌbəl.juː,ˈdʌb(ə)juː,-jə/

Other websites

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The dictionary definition ofw at Wiktionary
Media related toW at Wikimedia Commons

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Alphabets (list)

Classical Latin alphabet
ISO basic Latin alphabet
Phonetic alphabets
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- X-SAMPA
Spelling alphabet

Letters (list)

Full letters of theISO basic Latin alphabet
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
Letter W withdiacritics
Ẃẃ	Ẁẁ	Ŵŵ	Ẅẅ	Ẇẇ	Ẉẉ	Ꟃꟃ	W̊ẘ	Ⱳⱳ
Two-letter combinations
Wa	Wb	Wc	Wd	We	Wf	Wg	Wh	Wi	Wj	Wk	Wl	Wm	Wn	Wo	Wp	Wq	Wr	Ws	Wt	Wu	Wv	Ww	Wx	Wy	Wz
WA	WB	WC	WD	WE	WF	WG	WH	WI	WJ	WK	WL	WM	WN	WO	WP	WQ	WR	WS	WT	WU	WV	WW	WX	WY	WZ
aW	bW	cW	dW	eW	fW	gW	hW	iW	jW	kW	lW	mW	nW	oW	pW	qW	rW	sW	tW	uW	vW	wW	xW	yW	zW
AW	BW	CW	DW	EW	FW	GW	HW	IW	JW	KW	LW	MW	NW	OW	PW	QW	RW	SW	TW	UW	VW	WW	XW	YW	ZW
Letter W-digit anddigit-letter W combinations
		W0	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9			0W	1W	2W	3W	4W	5W	6W	7W	8W	9W

Digraphs	Ch Dz Dž Gh IJ Lj Ll Ly Nh Nj Ny Sh Sz Th
Trigraphs	dzs eau
Tetragraphs	ough
Pentagraphs	tzsch

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