Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

う ‎(romaji u)

1. The hiragana syllable う ‎(u). Its equivalent in katakana is ウ ‎(u). It is the third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行う段 ‎(a-gyō u-dan, “row a, section u”).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Noun

う ‎(romaji u)

1. 鵜: cormorant

Kanji reading

う ‎(romaji u)

On-reading of:

• 胡
• 烏
• 宇: space, house
• 雨: rain

Kun-reading of:

• 鵜
• 卯
• 兎
• 得