Latin Small Letter U With Ring Above

Part of Accented Latin Letters

Latin Small Letter U With Ring Above has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
ů
Unicode
U+016F

About this symbol

The small ring over ů is called a kroužek in Czech. It marks a long u that was once written uo, and the o shrank over time into the ring: kůň, horse, was once kuoň.

Unicode facts

Official name
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH RING ABOVE
Type
Lowercase letter
Unicode block
Latin Extended-A
Unicode group
European Latin
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Capital form
Ů Latin Capital Letter U With Ring Above U+016E
Built from
u Latin Small Letter U U+0075
◌̊ Combining Ring Above U+030A
Unicode notes
  • Czech, ...

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