Capital U in cursive
- Start at the top left with a small hook and come down in a smooth curve.
- Round along the baseline and rise to the top line on the right.
- Retrace straight down to the baseline and finish with a short exit curve.
Cursive U: Capital and Lowercase U in Cursive
See capital U and lowercase u in cursive. Capital U is a deep rounded cup with a stem on the right, and lowercase u is two rounded dips.
How to write U in cursive
These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form U differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Lowercase u in cursive
- Slant up from the baseline to the midline and retrace down.
- Curve along the baseline and slant up to the midline again.
- Retrace down and carry the stroke out into the exit.
Common mistakes with cursive U
- Rounding the tops instead of the bottoms, which turns u into n.
- Adding a third dip, which makes u read as w.
- Leaving off the right stem of capital U, so the letter reads as a large V.
Common cursive u connections
- ul
- un
- up
- ur
- us
Words that start with U in cursive
- understand
- under
- unique
- upon
Cursive U copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive U worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
Open the U worksheet tool to change lines, size, and trace style →- Traditional school cursive font
- Three-line handwriting guides
- An empty practice line under every traced line