Kazakh Short U

Straight U with stroke, is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke". Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue with a horizontal stroke through it.

Usage

Kazakh Short U is used only in the alphabet of the Kazakh language, where it represents the near-close near-back rounded vowel, like the pronunciation of the in "book". In other circumstances, it is used as a replacement for the former letter to represent the close front rounded vowel in situations where it would be easily confused with Cyrillic У у. It is romanized as in Kazakh.

Unicode