U+024F "ɏ" Latin Small Letter Y with Stroke Unicode Character

U+024F "ɏ" Latin Small Letter Y with Stroke is a typographic variant of the letter Y, distinguished by a horizontal stroke through its upper section, and it belongs to the Latin Extended B block of the Unicode standard. This character is primarily used in historical or phonetic contexts, particularly in certain transcriptions of medieval or Old English texts, where it represents a modified pronunciation or a distinct sound, such as the voiced velar fricative in some linguistic notations. Its design resembles a standard lowercase y with a crossbar, setting it apart from the plain y and providing a visual marker for specialized orthographic or scholarly purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+024F
Version Added	5.0
Name	Latin Small Letter Y with Stroke
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ɏ
HTML Hex Encoding	ɏ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC9 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x024F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000024F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u024f

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	"Ɏ" U+024E Latin Capital Letter Y with Stroke
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ɏ" U+024E Latin Capital Letter Y with Stroke
Uppercase Code Point	"Ɏ" U+024E Latin Capital Letter Y with Stroke
Titlecase Code Point	"Ɏ" U+024E Latin Capital Letter Y with Stroke
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