Live briefing
Everything about U
Twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet
U is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is u, plural ues. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: UA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Roughing ItThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: FA closely related topic
- Go sideways: EA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Letter The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Symbol Symbol for atomic mass unit.
Symbol A close back rounded vowel.
Symbol [u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u].
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
- No matching papers found.
đź“š Books worth reading
Roughing ItMark Twain · 1872
California and Oregon trailFrancis Parkman · 1872
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeDee Alexander Brown · 1672
UbikPhilip K. Dick · 1969
Tales of lonely trailsZane Grey · 1922
Little Town on the PrairieLaura Ingalls Wilder · 1941
Sermons on several occasionsJohn Wesley · 1746
Across the plainsRobert Louis Stevenson · 1892
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
đź”— Related topics
- F F (minuscule: f) is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet and many modern alphabets influenced by it, including the modern English alphabet and the alphabets…
- E E (minuscule: e) is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet as well as the second vowel in the vowel sequence of AEIOU. It is used in the modern English…
- O O (minuscule: o) is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other…
- V V (minuscule: v) is the twenty-second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages…
- A A (minuscule: a) is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name…
- T This article contains uncommon Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the…
- Latin alpha Latin alpha (majuscule: â±, minuscule: É‘), script a, or single-story a is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on a handwritten form of lowercase a, and…
- I I (minuscule: i) is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western…