U+042E "Ю" Cyrillic Capital Letter Yu Unicode Character
U+042E "Ю" Cyrillic Capital Letter Yu is a letter used in various Cyrillic alphabets, representing the sound /ju/ as in the English word "you" or the beginning of the word "yule." It is the 32nd letter of the Russian alphabet and appears in numerous other Slavic and non-Slavic languages that use Cyrillic script, such as Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian. The letter was derived from a ligature of the Cyrillic letters I (И) and O (О) in early Slavic manuscripts, and its uppercase form typically resembles a larger, more angular version of the lowercase "ю" featuring a vertical stem with a curved horizontal bar. In digital encoding, this character is part of the Cyrillic block within the Unicode standard, ensuring consistent representation across digital platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+042E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Yu |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Iu |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ю |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ю |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD0 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x042E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000042E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u042e |
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 |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ю" U+044E Cyrillic Small Letter Yu |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ю" U+044E Cyrillic Small Letter Yu |
| Simple Case Folding | "ю" U+044E Cyrillic Small Letter Yu |
| Case Folding | "ю" U+044E Cyrillic Small Letter Yu |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ю" U+044E Cyrillic Small Letter Yu |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ю" U+044E Cyrillic Small Letter Yu |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Script Extensions | Cyrillic |
| 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 | Upper |