U+2144 "⅄" Turned Sans-Serif Capital Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⅄
U+2144 "⅄" Turned Sans-Serif Capital Y is a typographical glyph that represents the Latin capital letter Y rotated 180 degrees, often used in phonetics, mathematics, or linguistics to denote a specific sound value or as a symbol in specialized notation. It belongs to the Letterlike Symbols block of Unicode, which contains characters that resemble letters but serve distinct functions, such as in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced palatal approximant or as a logical symbol in some contexts. This character is distinct from other rotated letters by its sans-serif design, which gives it a clean, modern appearance free of decorative flourishes, making it suitable for technical or digital typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2144 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Turned Sans-Serif Capital Y |
| Block | Letterlike Symbols |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⅄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⅄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x85 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2144 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002144 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2144 |
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 |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |