# y U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y

Lowercase y, an English alphabet letter with a descending tail, sometimes acting as a vowel.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `y` |
| Codepoint | U+0079 |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER Y |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `y` `y` |
| CSS | `\79` |
| JavaScript | `\u0079` |
| UTF-8 | 79 |
| UTF-16 | 0079 |

## Related characters

- x [U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X](https://unicodekit.com/char/0078)
- z [U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z](https://unicodekit.com/char/007A)
- w [U+0077 LATIN SMALL LETTER W](https://unicodekit.com/char/0077)
- { [U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/007B)
- v [U+0076 LATIN SMALL LETTER V](https://unicodekit.com/char/0076)
- | [U+007C VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007C)
- u [U+0075 LATIN SMALL LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0075)
- } [U+007D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/007D)
- t [U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T](https://unicodekit.com/char/0074)
- ~ [U+007E TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007E)
- s [U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S](https://unicodekit.com/char/0073)
- [U+007F DELETE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0079 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0079