Katakana — ヴ

ヴ rarely stands alone as a full syllable — it mainly serves as the base character that small vowel kana attach to, forming ヴァ・ヴィ・ヴェ・ヴォ. As a standalone word it appears occasionally in stylized spellings, such as ラヴ (love) as an alternative to the more common ラブ.