| Waw | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician | 𐤅 |
| Hebrew | ו |
| Aramaic | 𐡅 |
| Syriac | ܘ |
| Arabic | و |
| Phonemic representation | w (v), o, u |
| Position in alphabet | 6 |
| Numerical value | 6 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Ϝ, Υ |
| Latin | F, U, V, W, Y |
| Cyrillic | Ѕ, У, Ѵ |
Waw (wāw "hook") is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic wāw و, Aramaic waw 𐡅, Hebrew vav ו, Phoenician wāw 𐤅, and Syriac waw ܘ.
It represents the consonant [w] in classical Hebrew, and [v] in modern Hebrew, as well as the vowels [u] and [o]. In text with niqqud, a dot is added to the left or on top of the letter to indicate, respectively, the two vowel pronunciations.
It is the origin of Greek Ϝ (digamma) and Υ (upsilon), Cyrillic Ѕ, У and V, Latin F and V and later Y, and the derived Latin- or Roman-alphabet letters U and W.