Letter u tracing worksheet
Nothing rises above the middle line, and nothing drops below the baseline.
Rows use Patrick Hand, an open-source print font. It is not Zaner-Bloser or D'Nealian. Dashed rows are outlines of the whole letter, not numbered stroke arrows.
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How this letter is formed
- 1Start on the dashed middle line.
- 2Pull down, curve along the baseline, come back up to the middle line, and pull a short stick straight down to the baseline.
The mix-up to watch
Skip the last stick and u looks like an unfinished smile. That last downstroke is what separates u from a v laid on its side.
Words that use it
umbrella · up · sun · cup
Common questions
Where do I start a lowercase u?
Start on the dashed middle line.
How is u different from the letter it gets mixed up with?
Skip the last stick and u looks like an unfinished smile. That last downstroke is what separates u from a v laid on its side.
Which words use a lowercase u?
Start with umbrella, up, sun, cup. Each word uses u in a different spot, so the letter is not only practiced at the start of the word.
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