# Old English Letter U

> The Old English (Fraktur) letter U: copyable forms, how it is built and what it is confused with.

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| Form | Character | Code point |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fraktur capital | 𝔘 | U+1D518 |
| Fraktur lowercase | 𝔲 | U+1D532 |
| Bold Fraktur capital | 𝖀 | U+1D580 |
| Bold Fraktur lowercase | 𝖚 | U+1D59A |

## How the Old English U is built

Capital U is an open cup with a decorative left stroke. The lowercase u is two minims joined at the bottom.

## Easily confused with

U is often confused with A at the capital level and with n at the lowercase level. Check whether the shape is open or closed at the top.

## Where people use it

U is less common for initials but appears in words like Unity and Unbreakable.

## Example words

- Unity: 𝖀𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖞
- Unbreakable: 𝖀𝖓𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊
- Uriel: 𝖀𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑
- Underground: 𝖀𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖌𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉
- U & I: 𝖀 & 𝕴

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