ʊ Latin Small Letter Upsilon
U+028A
ʊ
ℹ️ About
The Latin Small Letter Upsilon (ʊ) is a critical IPA Extension character used to represent the near-close near-back rounded vowel. In linguistics, it is often called the “horseshoe u” due to its shape. It was officially codified in Unicode 1.1 and remains a staple for phonetic transcription and linguistic research.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with υ (Greek Small Letter Upsilon) or u.
⚡ Codes
HTML
ʊ
CSS
\028A
Python
\u028A
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