U+1EF6 "" Latin Capital Letter Y with Hook Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+1EF6 "" Latin Capital Letter Y with Hook Above is a specialized grapheme used primarily in the Vietnamese alphabet, where the hook above diacritic indicates a low, falling-rising tone known as the hỏi tone. This character represents the letter Y modified with a small hook placed above it, and it appears in written Vietnamese to distinguish tonal variations in words containing the vowel Y. While less common than other accented characters, Ỷ is essential for accurate phonetic representation and correct spelling in Vietnamese, particularly in formal writing, literature, and digital text where proper tonal marks are required for comprehension.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Ỷ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ỷ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBB 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1EF6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001EF6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1ef6