U+FF39 "" Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter Y Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+FF39 "" Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter Y is a typographic variant of the standard capital Y, designed to occupy the same width as a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) character, typically filling one square em space. It is part of the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block in Unicode, created to maintain visual alignment and consistency in mixed script text, such as when Latin letters appear alongside fullwidth East Asian characters. This character is distinct from the regular ASCII Y in its width and Unicode range, and it is used primarily in contexts like literature, signage, and digital displays where monospaced or uniform character spacing is culturally or aesthetically required.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Y
HTML Hex Encoding
Y
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBC 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFF39
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FF39
C/C++/Java Escape
\uff39