Nu (letter)

Nu (/ˈnjuː/; uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; Greek: vι ni [ni]) is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal IPA: [n].

) resembles the Roman lowercase v. The name of the letter is written νῦ in Ancient Greek and traditional Modern Greek polytonic orthography, while in Modern Greek it is written νι [ni].

Letters that arose from nu include Roman N and Cyrillic script En.

The lower-case letter ν is used as a symbol in many academic fields.

Uppercase nu is not used, because it appears identical to Latin N. Encodings of Greek Nu and Coptic Ni.