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Unicode character information

Latin letter small capital y


Displayed on your computer as: ʏ
(if the character is not rendered properly, you may not have the appropriate fonts)

Unicode name: Latin letter small capital y
Alternative names: Codepoint (hexadecimal): 0x028F
Codepoint (decimal): 655
In unicode block: IPA Extensions

Html entities:

ʏ or ʏ

Character input:

There is no universal input system for Unicode characters. But you can use the system specific input methods below.

Windows: Hold down Alt and press + on the numeric keyboard. Type: 028F and release Alt. A registry key needs to be enabled for this to work. See Unicode input (wikipedia) for more details.
Linux: Hold down Crtl and ⇧ Shift and type U028F. Now press ↵ Enter and release Crtl and ⇧ Shift.

Other Infos:

General category: Ll (Lowercase_Letter): A lowercase letter.
Bidirectional class is: L (Left_To_Right): Any strong left-to-right character.
Canocial combining class is: 0 (Not_Reordered): Spacing and enclosing marks; also many vowel and consonant signs, even if nonspacing.