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Also known as double-u, Whiskey, dubs, ᴡ, Double-V, Double V

حرفی از الفبای لاتین

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W is the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet and many other modern languages around the world. It gets its name "double-u" from its shape, which resembles two U letters joined together.

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Key facts

Grapheme.name
W
Grapheme.letter
W w
Grapheme.script
Latin script
Grapheme.type
Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc
ic and logographic
Grapheme.unicode
U+0057, U+0077
Grapheme.alphanumber
23
Grapheme.fam1
G43T3
Grapheme.fam2
class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam3
class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam4
class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam5
class=skin-invert-image|20px|Waw
Grapheme.fam6
Υ υ
Grapheme.fam7
𐌖
Grapheme.fam8
V
Grapheme.usageperiod
600 CE to present
Grapheme.associates
w(x)
Grapheme.direction
Left-to-right

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Wikidata facts

Has part
V/v
Image
Semaphore Whiskey.svg
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Commons category
W
Commons gallery
W
code
W
Unicode character
🅆
different from
Ԝ
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