ӳ

ӳ (Cyrillic Small Letter U With Double Acute, U+04F3) is a character primarily used in the Chuvash language, a Turkic language spoken in Russia. Visually, it is formed by the Cyrillic small letter 'у' adorned with a double acute accent mark positioned above its center. This letter represents a close front rounded vowel sound, similar to the 'ü' in German or the 'u' in French, which distinguishes it from the regular Cyrillic 'у' (U+0443) that denotes a close back rounded vowel. Its uppercase counterpart is Ӳ (Cyrillic Capital Letter U With Double Acute, U+04F2), and its inclusion in the Cyrillic script specifically serves to accurately capture the phonology of Chuvash, reflecting the unique vowel inventory of the language.