V with hook

The letter V with hook is a Latin script character based on an italic form of V, although it more closely resembles U. It is used in the orthographies of some African languages such as Ewe, and Shona from 1931 to 1955 to write, like the pronunciation of in "van" using both lips. In Mossi it is used to write, like the pronunciation of in "foot". In Kabiye and Ikposso it is used to write , like the pronunciation of in "food". It is also used in the North American language Choctaw to write, a schwa, like the pronunciation of in "again".
Its lowercase form,, is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a labiodental approximant.
Its Unicode code points are U+01B2 and U+028B, respectively.