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う (u) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

The hiragana う is read "u". Stroke order step by step, the same sound in katakana (ウ), the look-alikes not to confuse and example words.

Reading
u
Same sound in katakana
ウ
Not to confuse with
つ tsu

Words with う

  • うどん うどん — Udon noodles
  • 馬 うま — Horse
  • 牛 うし — Cow / ox
  • 兎 うさぎ — Rabbit
  • 海 うみ — Sea
  • 嬉しい うれしい — Happy

Stroke order · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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