Ȳ
Ȳ (minuscule: ȳ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from Y with the addition of a macron (¯).
In modern dictionaries and textbooks for Latin and Old English, ȳ may be used to indicate a long "y" ([yː]). In Latin, this only occurs in loanwords. It is also used in Livonian and Cornish.
Unicode
| Character | Ȳ | ȳ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH MACRON | LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH MACRON | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 562 | U+0232 | 563 | U+0233 |
| UTF-8 | 200 178 | C8 B2 | 200 179 | C8 B3 |
| Numeric character reference | Ȳ | Ȳ | ȳ | ȳ |
See also
- U with macron (Cyrillic) (Ӯ, ӯ) - a similar looking character
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