What is the Japanese ウ pronunciation?

ヴ is pronounced ブ, which means "vu", but it is pronounced "bu".

This letter is mainly used by Japanese to translate loanwords, and it is not the original pronunciation of Japanese, so this katakana cannot be found on Isuzu map.

So what's the difference between "ヴ" and "ブ" as katakana with the same pronunciation?

The difference is that "ブ" is the voiced sound of the katakana "フ" in Japanese Isuzu, which is used normally in Japanese. "ヴ" is a letter used to represent the sound of "vu" in Japanese, and it is mainly used to represent the sound of "V" in foreign languages. If English starts with V, it will start with "ヴ" when translated into foreign words in Japanese.

For example, the word vampire is "vampire" in English, while "vampire" is commonly used in Japanese. "ヴ" is equivalent to "va" in English here.

Extended data:

ヴヴヴヴァ, ヴィ, ヴェ and ヴォ were written by va, vi, ve and vo respectively.

ヴァ pronounced バ, ヴィ pronounced ビ, ヴェ pronounced べ, ヴォ pronounced ボ.

In fact, at the turn of Edo and Meiji era, Fukuzawa Yukichi first mentioned using ヴ or ワ゛ to express the sound V in his works. After the war, Japan began to advocate the use of "ヴ" in 1954.

Therefore, five such sounds are derived, va=ヴァ, vi=ヴィ, Wu =ヴェ, ve=ヴェ, vo=ヴォ, all of which are katakana and corresponding flat. Pronunciation is the same as バ, ビ, ブ, ベ, ボ.

In addition, when using Japanese input method, you can type "ヴ" by typing "vu". "