U014E

U014E is a Unicode character designated as "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON". It belongs to the Latin Extended-A block of the Unicode standard. This character is formed by combining the uppercase letter U with a macron diacritic placed above it. The macron is a horizontal bar used in various languages to indicate a long vowel sound. Therefore, U014E represents a long U sound in languages that utilize this phonetic marking. It is commonly found in transliterations of languages such as Latvian, where it is used to distinguish between short and long vowel sounds. The character's Unicode code point is U+014E. Its appearance can vary slightly depending on the font used, but it consistently features the uppercase U with the macron positioned directly above.