Letter 42 of 52
Lowercase u in Cursive
Write a clear lowercase u in cursive, with examples you can follow and a free printable practice sheet.
Practice sheets
Free printable lowercase u cursive worksheets for tracing, copying, and joining letters. A4 portrait · PDF.
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LETTER WORKSHEET · u
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A4
Practice lowercase u
Connections
Connect lowercase u
Cursive flows through the spaces between letters. Practice u with common next letters to make the transition feel smoother and more natural.
Letter guide
How to write lowercase u in cursive
Stroke by stroke
- Swing up from the baseline to the midline.
- Pull down to the baseline, round the bottom and swing up to the midline again.
- Retrace straight down to the baseline.
- Round off and rise into the exit.
Common mistakes
- Round tops. Rounded tops turn u into n. Make the tops sharp.
- Closing the top. If the second stroke curves back over the first cup, u becomes a. Leave the cup open.
- One cup. A single cup reads as i without a dot. Make two.
Easy to confuse with
Lowercase u is confused with n, a and w. Pointed tops separate u from n, the open top separates it from a, and w adds a bridge exit at the midline.
Joining to the next letter
Lowercase u exits low. In ur, the exit turns into the shoulder of r. Us climbs to a point for the s. Un rises into the hump of n, and ut needs a taller exit for the stem of t.
Practice words
- upup
- usus
- funfun
- underunder
- summersummer
- museummuseum
Questions about lowercase u
How do I keep cursive u and n different?
Cursive u has sharp tops and round bottoms. Cursive n has round tops.
Why does my cursive u look like an a?
The second stroke is closing over the top. Go straight up and straight back down without curving left.
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