• Source: Wu (kana)

Wu (hiragana: 𛄟, katakana: 𛄢) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to write it, though it has never been in standard use.




History


It is presumed that 𛄟 would have represented /β̞u/. Along with 𛀆 and 𛀁 (yi and ye respectively), the mora wu has no officially recognized kana, as these morae do not occur in native Japanese words; however, during the Meiji period, linguists almost unanimously agreed on the kana for yi, ye, and wu. 𛀆 and wu are thought to have never occurred as morae in Japanese, and 𛀁 was merged with え and エ.




Characters


In the Edo period and the Meiji period, some Japanese linguists tried to separate kana u and kana wu. The shapes of characters differed with each linguist. 𛄟 and 𛄢 were just two of many shapes.
They were phonetic symbols to fill in the blanks of the gojuon table. Japanese people didn't separate them in normal writing.

u
Traditional kana
う (Hiragana)
𛀋 (Hentaigana of う. Hiragana.)
𛀍 (Hentaigana of う. Hiragana.)
ウ (Katakana)
Constructed kana
(A part of 傴. Katakana.)
wu
Traditional kana
う (Hiragana)
𛀋 (Hentaigana of う. Hiragana.)
ウ (Katakana)
𛄢 (An old variant form of ウ. Katakana.)
Constructed kana
う〻(う with dots. Hiragana.)
𛄟 (A cursive script style of 汙. Hiragana.)
(A cursive script style of 紆. Hiragana.)
(A cursive script style of 迂. Hiragana,)
(A cursive script style of 卯. Hiragana.)
ウ〻(ウ with dots. Katakana.)
These suggestions weren't accepted.




Unicode


This kana has been encoded into Unicode 14.0 since September 14, 2021 as HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU (U+1B11F), and KATAKANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU (U+1B122).




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See also


Yi (kana)
Ye (kana)

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