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Not to be confused with We (Cyrillic).
This article is about the letter of the Latin alphabet. For other uses, see W (disambiguation).
"Double U" redirects here. For the DJ, see Double U (DJ).
W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is double-u,[in 1] plural double-ues.[1][2]
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
Phonetic usage | [w] [v] [β] [u] [uː] [ʊ] [ɔ] [ʋ] [ʕʷ] [ʙ] [◌ʷ] [ɣ] [f] |
Unicode codepoint | U+0057, U+0077 |
Alphabetical position | 23 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~600 to present |
Descendants | • ʍ • ɯ ɰ • ₩ |
Sisters | F U Ѵ У Ў Ұ Ү ו و ܘ וּ וֹ ࠅ 𐎆 𐡅 ወ વ ૂ ુ उ |
Other | |
Other letters commonly used with | w(x) |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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