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charmoniumQ
Asked: 2022-09-29 19:37:17 +0800 CST

How to type Ŭ (U with breve)?

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Esperanto uses the letter Ŭ. Compose, Shift+9, a = ă, but Compose, Shift+9, u = u.

How do I type this with the compose key? If that is not possible, what is the next easiest way to type it?

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    Depends on the version of X11 (assuming you are not using or wayland) and keyboard layout, but generally Compose, b, u or Compose, u, u should work (IIRC Compose, ( was used for breve some (long) time ago).

    See also /usr/share/X11/locale/*/Compose.

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  2. Ŭ or ŭ is a letter in the Esperanto alphabet, based on u with breve.

    Press the Ctrl+Shift+u keyboard combination which will print a u character on the screen. Then after the u type one of the 4-digit hexadecimal codes in the second column and press Enter to render the u+4-digit hexadecimal number that appears on the screen as the appropriate u with breve character.

    Character Hex HTML Entity
    Ŭ 016c Ŭ
    ŭ 016d ŭ
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