U+1EF9 "ỹ" Latin Small Letter Y with Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1EF9 "ỹ" Latin Small Letter Y with Tilde is a precomposed glyph used in the Vietnamese alphabet, where it represents the vowel sound of the letter Y with a tilde diacritic indicating a creaky or rising-falling tone. This character appears in the Latin Extended Additional block of Unicode and is commonly employed in the transcription of the Vietnamese language, such as in words like "ngày" or "chợ," to denote specific tonal pronunciation. Its uppercase counterpart is U+1EF8 "Ỹ" Latin Capital Letter Y with Tilde, and it is distinct from the standalone combination of a Y and a combining tilde (U+0079 plus U+0303), though functionally identical in rendering.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+1EF9
Name
Latin Small Letter Y with Tilde
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ỹ
HTML Hex Encoding
ỹ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBB 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1EF9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001EF9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1ef9
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin