page_title: U (kana)
section_title: Stroke order
hierarchical_section_title: U (kana) / Stroke order
caption_attribution_description: English: Animation of the stroke order for writing the Katakana character ウ. Español: Animación del orden de los trazos para escribir el carácter Katakana ウ.
context_page_description: う in hiragana or ウ in katakana is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they occupy the third place in the modern Gojūon system of collating kana. In the Iroha, they occupied the 24th position, between む and ゐ. In the Gojūon chart, う lies in the first column and the third row. Both represent the sound. In the Ainu language, the small katakana ゥ represents a diphthong, and is written as w in the Latin alphabet.
  The hiragana form with dakuten, ゔ, representing the sound "v", is rarely seen on older words, since the sound does not occur in native Japanese words. However, it is becoming more common with Western influences.
context_section_description: The hiragana う is written in two strokes:
  At the top of the character, a short diagonal crook: proceeding diagonally downwards from the left, then reversing direction and ending at the lower left.
  A broad curving stroke: beginning at the left, rising slightly, then curving back and ending at the left.
  The katakana ウ is written in three strokes:
  At the top of the character, a short vertical stroke, written from top to bottom.
  A similar stroke, but lower and positioned at the left.
  A broad angled stroke: beginning as a horizontal line written from left to right, then reversing direction and proceeding downwards from right to left as a curved diagonal. The horizontal line must touch both the other strokes. Apart from the short diagonal, the character is identical to フ.
caption: Stroke order in writing ウ