U+03D2 "ϒ" Greek Upsilon with Hook Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+03D2 "ϒ" Greek Upsilon with Hook Symbol is a distinctive variant of the Greek letter Upsilon, notable for its classical cursive form that features a small hook or tail curving from the bottom right of the main stroke. Historically, this shape was used in ancient Greek inscriptions and early manuscripts to represent the vowel sound /u/ or /y/, and it is still employed today in modern Greek typography for decorative or specialized linguistic purposes. The symbol is also frequently encountered in mathematics and science, where it serves as a notation for various concepts such as the upsilon meson or as a variable in formal logic and set theory.
General Properties
Code Point
U+03D2
Name
Greek Upsilon with Hook Symbol
Unicode 1.0 Name
Greek Capital Letter Upsilon Hook
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ϒ
HTML Hex Encoding
ϒ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xCF 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding
0x03D2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000003D2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u03d2
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Greek