U+028F "ʏ" Latin Letter Small Capital Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+028F "ʏ" Latin Letter Small Capital Y is a typographic symbol representing a small capital form of the letter Y, used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to denote a near-close near-front rounded vowel, a sound that occurs in languages such as French and Swedish. It is distinct from the uppercase Y in size but retains its capital-like shape, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms for linguistic transcription and phonetic notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+028F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Letter Small Capital Y |
| Block | IPA Extensions |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ʏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ʏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCA 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x028F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000028F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u028f |