U+0079 Latin Small Letter Y
U+0079 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block Basic Latin in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
This character is a Lowercase Letter and is mainly used in the Latin script. Its uppercase variant is Latin Capital Letter Y and its titlecase variant is Latin Capital Letter Y.
The glyph is not a composition. Its East Asian Width is narrow. In bidirectional text it is written from left to right. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+0079 forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it. The glyph can be confused with 35 other glyphs.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel letter of the English alphabet. Its name in English is wye (pronounced ), plural wyes.
In the English writing system, it mostly represents a vowel and seldom a consonant, and in other orthographies it may represent a vowel or a consonant.
Representations
| System | Representation |
|---|---|
| Nº | 121 |
| UTF-8 | 79 |
| UTF-16 | 00 79 |
| UTF-32 | 00 00 00 79 |
| URL-Quoted | %79 |
| HTML hex reference | y |
| Encoding: ASCII (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: BIG5 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: BIG5HKSCS (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP437 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP720 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP737 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP775 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP850 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP852 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP855 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP856 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP857 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP858 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP860 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP861 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP862 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP863 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP864 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP865 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP866 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP869 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP874 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP932 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP949 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP950 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1006 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1026 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1125 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1250 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1251 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1252 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1253 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1254 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1255 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1256 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1257 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP1258 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: EUC_JP (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: EUC_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: EUC_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: EUC_KR (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: GB2312 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: GBK (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: HZ (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_1 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2004 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_3 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_EXT (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_KR (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: LATIN_1 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_2 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_3 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_4 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_5 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_6 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_7 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_8 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_9 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_10 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_11 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_13 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_14 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_15 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_16 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: JOHAB (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: KOI8_R (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: KOI8_T (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: KOI8_U (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: KZ1048 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: MAC_CYRILLIC (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: MAC_GREEK (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: MAC_ICELAND (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: MAC_LATIN2 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: MAC_ROMAN (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: MAC_TURKISH (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: PTCP154 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JIS (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 79 |
| Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1025 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1047 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1097 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1112 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1122 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1123 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1141 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1142 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1143 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1144 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1145 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1146 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1147 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1148 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1148MS (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP1149 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP277 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP278 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP280 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP284 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP285 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP290 (hex bytes) | B8 |
| Encoding: CP297 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP420 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP500MS (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP833 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP838 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP870 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP871 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | A8 |
| AGL: Latin-1 | y |
| AGL: Latin-2 | y |
| AGL: Latin-3 | y |
| AGL: Latin-4 | y |
| AGL: Latin-5 | y |
| Adobe Glyph List | y |
| digraph | y |
Related Characters
- Latin Capital Letter Y
- Latin Small Letter Y with Acute
- Latin Small Letter Y with Diaeresis
- Latin Small Letter Y with Circumflex
- Latin Small Letter Y with Macron
- Modifier Letter Small Y
- Latin Small Letter Y with Dot Above
- Latin Small Letter Y with Ring Above
- Latin Small Letter Y with Grave
- Latin Small Letter Y with Dot Below
- Latin Small Letter Y with Hook Above
- Latin Small Letter Y with Tilde
- Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Y
- Circled Latin Capital Letter Y
- Circled Latin Small Letter Y
- Square Gy
- Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter Y
- Fullwidth Latin Small Letter Y
- Outlined Latin Capital Letter Y
- Mathematical Bold Capital Y
- Mathematical Bold Small Y
- Mathematical Italic Capital Y
- Mathematical Italic Small Y
- Mathematical Bold Italic Capital Y
- Mathematical Bold Italic Small Y
- Mathematical Script Capital Y
- Mathematical Script Small Y
- Mathematical Bold Script Capital Y
- Mathematical Bold Script Small Y
- Mathematical Fraktur Capital Y
- Mathematical Fraktur Small Y
- Mathematical Double-Struck Capital Y
- Mathematical Double-Struck Small Y
- Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital Y
- Mathematical Bold Fraktur Small Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Capital Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Capital Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital Y
- Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Y
- Mathematical Monospace Capital Y
- Mathematical Monospace Small Y
- Parenthesized Latin Capital Letter Y
- Squared Latin Capital Letter Y
Confusables
Elsewhere
Complete Record
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| 1.1 (1993) | |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER Y | |
| — | |
| Basic Latin | |
| Lowercase Letter | |
| Latin | |
| Left To Right | |
| Not Reordered | |
| none | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| ✔ | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| ✘ | |
| Latin Capital Letter Y | |
| Latin Capital Letter Y | |
| Latin Capital Letter Y | |
| Latin Capital Letter Y | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| Any | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| ✘ | |
| None | |
| — | |
| NA | |
| Other | |
| — | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| Yes | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| Yes | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Lower | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Alphabetic Letter | |
| ✘ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✔ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| None | |
| narrow | |
| Not Applicable | |
| — | |
| No_Joining_Group | |
| Non Joining | |
| Alphabetic | |
| none | |
| not a number | |
| Latin Small Letter Y | |
| R |