Kazakh Short U (Ұ ұ; italics: Ұ ұ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, this letter is called "Straight U with stroke". Its form is the Cyrillic letter Ue (Ү ү Ү ү) with a horizontal stroke through it. Kazakh Short U is used in the alphabet of the Kazakh language, where it represents the close back rounded vowel , or the near-close near-back rounded vowel . In other circumstances, it is used as a replacement for the former letter to represent close front rounded vowel in situations where it would be easily confused with Cyrillic letter У у. It is romanized as in Kazakh (2021 reform). Unicode See also Ú ú : Latin letter Ú У у : Cyrillic letter U У́ у́ : Cyrillic letter U with acute Ў ў : Cyrillic letter short U Ү ү : Cyrillic letter Ue (straight U) Cyrillic characters in Unicode ¥ (Japanese yen or Chinese yuan) Ɏ (Latin letter Y with stroke) References U