Û, û (u-circumflex) is a letter of the Latin script. Usage Romanization Romanization from Cyrillic This letter is used in some standards of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю: GOST 16876-71 table 1 ISO 9 (ISO 9:1986 and ISO 9:1995) Romanization from Chinese It is used in Wade-Giles (one of the romanization systems in Chinese) for apical dental unrounded vowel as in tzû, tz'û, ssû, corresponds to present zi, ci, si in Pinyin respectively. Romanization from Japanese û represents うう in both Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization systems. General writing systems Afrikaans In Afrikaans, û is a punctuated form of u and a usage example includes "brûe". plural of "brug" (= bridge). Emilian-Romagnol Û represents [uː] in Emilian dialects: in the Bolognese dialect, anvûd [aŋˈvuːd] means "nephews". French In French, û does not change the pronunciation of the letter u except in jeune "young", which is pronounced differently from jeûne "a fast". In some other words like mû, the circumflex has no disambiguating value; attempts have been made to abolish it in such words. See Circumflex in French. Û also often appears in words that used to have an "s" after the "u": the French word for August, août, used to be written aoust. Friulian Û represents the sound . Italian Û is occasionally used to represent the sound in words like fûrono (they were). Kurdish Û is used in Kurdish Kurmanji alphabet in the to represent a long close back rounded vowel , and in some dialects, a long close central rounded vowel, . Polish In the Masovian dialect, û represents /ju:/. Turkish Û indicates palatalization of the preceding consonant: "sükûnet" (quietness) is pronounced . Welsh In Welsh, û is used to represent a long stressed u or when, without the circumflex, it would be pronounced as a short or : cytûn "agreed", bûm "I was" as opposed to bum "five" (soft-mutated prenominal form). Character mappings See also Circumflex U-circumflex