U or I (5)

I believe the answer is:

vowel

(Other definitions for vowel that I've seen before include "aeio or u" , "Letter representing sound" , "Letter such as i or u" , "Kind of letter of the alphabet" , "O for one" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal and the Penny Press.

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