U+01B4 "ƴ" Latin Small Letter Y with Hook Unicode Character

U+01B4 "ƴ" Latin Small Letter Y with Hook is a modified form of the letter Y distinguished by a small hook attached to its lower right side. This character is primarily used in the African reference alphabet and in the orthographies of several African languages, such as the Mande language Bambara, where it represents a palatalized or labialized sound, often a voiced palatal fricative or approximant. As part of the Latin Extended-B block in Unicode, it serves as a distinct grapheme for phonetic transcription and indigenous writing systems, ensuring accurate representation of specific linguistic sounds not covered by the standard Latin alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point	U+01B4
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter Y with Hook
Unicode 1.0 Name	Latin Small Letter Y Hook
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ƴ
HTML Hex Encoding	ƴ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC6 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x01B4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000001B4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u01b4

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ƴ" U+01B3 Latin Capital Letter Y with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ƴ" U+01B3 Latin Capital Letter Y with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ƴ" U+01B3 Latin Capital Letter Y with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ƴ" U+01B3 Latin Capital Letter Y with Hook
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower