U/u
21st letter of the basic Latin alphabet
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Summary
U/u ranks in the top 6% of latin script letter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,861 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: Latin-script letter[2], uppercase letter[3]
- Writing system: Latin script[4]
- Part of: Polish alphabet[5], English alphabet[6], Czech alphabet[7], Esperanto alphabet[8], Breton alphabet[9], Romanian alphabet[10], Northern Saami alphabet[11], Slovak alphabet[12], Icelandic alphabet[13], Turkish alphabet[14], Italian alphabet[15], French alphabet[16], Finnish alphabet[17], African reference alphabet[18]
- Commons category: U[19]
- Unicode character: U[20], Ｕ[21], Ⓤ[22], 🄤[23], ⒰[24], 🅤[25], 🆄[26], 🅄[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:U[28]
- Commons gallery: U[29]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[30], The New Student's Reference Work[31]
- Topic has template: Template:User link[32]
- Different from: U[33]
- Code: ..-[34], Uniform[35], U[36]
Why It Matters
U/u has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] U/u is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]