Unicode Character "ʸ" (U+02B8)

The character ʸ (Modifier Letter Small Y) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02B8. It is encoded in the Spacing Modifier Letters 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 Modifier Letter Small Y
Unicode Codepoint U+02B8
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

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

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Letter
Script Latin
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+02B8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ʸ
HTML (hex) ʸ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %CA%B8
CSS \0002B8
JavaScript, JSON \u02B8
C, C++, Java \u02B8
Python \u02B8
Rust \u{02B8}
Ruby \u02B8

How to type "ʸ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 B 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 B 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCA 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02B8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002B8

References