Ȳ

Ȳ
Ȳ
Ȳ ȳ
Usage
Writing system	Latin
Type	Alphabet
Language of origin	Cornish
Sound values	/yː/
In Unicode	U+0232, U+0233
History
Sisters	Y; Ý; Ŷ; Ÿ; Ẏ; Ỳ; Ỵ; Ỷ; Ỹ; ¥; Ⓨ; 🄨;
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-right
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Ȳ (or ȳ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet. Its form is derived from the Latin letter Y (Y y) with the addition of a macron.

Writing systemLatin

TypeAlphabet

Language of originCornish

Sound values/yː/

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In modern dictionaries and textbooks for Latin and Old English, ȳ may be used to indicate a long "y" ([yː]). In Latin, this only occurs in loanwords. It is used in Cornish, and was used in Livonian.^[1]

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Preview	Ȳ		ȳ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH MACRON		LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH MACRON
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	562	U+0232	563	U+0233
UTF-8	200 178	C8 B2	200 179	C8 B3
Numeric character reference	Ȳ	Ȳ	ȳ	ȳ

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