Unicode Character "y" (U+0079)

The character y (Latin Small Letter Y) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0079. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as y.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Latin Small Letter Y
Unicode Codepoint U+0079
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Character Case

Case Lowercase
Uppercase character Y (U+0059)

Other Unicode Data

Category Lowercase Letter
Script Latin
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0079 Conversion

HTML (decimal) y
HTML (hex) y
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %79
CSS \000079
JavaScript, JSON \u0079
C, C++, Java \u0079
Python \u0079
Rust \u{0079}
Ruby \u0079

How to type "y"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 7 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 7 9. Release Alt.

Preview

  • y
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • y
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • y
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x79
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0079
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000079

Characters based on "y" (U+0079)

References