Listed below are the keyboard shortcuts or Windows ALT codes for letter Y with accents. The accents on the letter Y are also called accent marks, diacritics, or diacritical marks. There is a specific ALT code for each accented capital (uppercase / majuscule) letter Y and each accented small (lowercase / minuscule) letter Y, as indicated in the table below. Also indicated are the corresponding HTML entity numeric character reference and HTML entity named character reference (if available). If you are new to ALT codes and need detailed instructions on how to use them, please read How to Use ALT Codes to Enter Special Characters. If you’re in a hurry, in the list below just tap or click any letter Y with accent to copy and paste into your document.
Accented Letter | Accented Letter Alt Code | Accented Letter Name | Unicode Code Point | HTML Entity HEX | HTML Entity DEC | HTML Entity Named |
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ý | ALT 0253 | Latin small letter y with acute | U+00FD | ý | ý | &#yacute; |
Ý | ALT 0221 | Latin capital letter Y with acute | U+00DD | Ý | Ý | &#Yacute; |
ỳ | ALT 7923 | Latin small letter y with grave | U+1EF3 | ỳ | ỳ | |
Ỳ | ALT 7922 | Latin capital letter Y with grave | U+1EF2 | Ỳ | Ỳ | |
ẏ | ALT 7823 | Latin small letter y with dot above | U+1E8F | ẏ | ẏ | |
Ẏ | ALT 7822 | Latin capital letter Y with dot above | U+1E8E | Ẏ | Ẏ | |
ŷ | ALT 375 | Latin small letter y with circumflex | U+0177 | ŷ | ŷ | &#ycirc; |
Ŷ | ALT 374 | Latin capital letter Y with circumflex | U+0176 | Ŷ | Ŷ | &#Ycirc; |
ÿ | ALT 152 or ALT 0255 | Latin small letter y with diaeresis (umlaut, tréma) | U+00FF | ÿ | ÿ | &#yuml; |
Ÿ | ALT 0159 or ALT 376 | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis (umlaut, tréma) | U+0178 | Ÿ | Ÿ | &#Yuml; |
ȳ | ALT 563 | Latin small letter y with macron | U+0233 | ȳ | ȳ | |
Ȳ | ALT 562 | Latin capital letter Y with macron | U+0232 | Ȳ | Ȳ | |
ỹ | ALT 7929 | Latin small letter y with tilde (virgulilla) | U+1EF9 | ỹ | ỹ | |
Ỹ | ALT 7928 | Latin capital letter Y with tilde (virgulilla) | U+1EF8 | Ỹ | Ỹ | |
ẙ | ALT 7833 | Latin small letter y with ring above (kroužek) | U+1E99 | ẙ | ẙ | |
ɏ | ALT 591 | Latin small letter y with stroke | U+024F | ɏ | ɏ | |
Ɏ | ALT 590 | Latin capital letter Y with stroke | U+024E | Ɏ | Ɏ | |
ỷ | ALT 7927 | Latin small letter y with hook above | U+1EF7 | ỷ | ỷ | |
Ỷ | ALT 7926 | Latin capital letter Y with hook above | U+1EF6 | Ỷ | Ỷ | |
ƴ | ALT 436 | Latin small letter y with hook | U+01B4 | ƴ | ƴ | |
Ƴ | ALT 435 | Latin capital letter Y with hook | U+01B3 | Ƴ | Ƴ | |
ỵ | ALT 7925 | Latin small letter y with dot below | U+1EF5 | ỵ | ỵ | |
Ỵ | ALT 7924 | Latin capital letter Y with dot below | U+1EF4 | Ỵ | Ỵ |
In the standard Latin alphabet, the letter “Y” itself does not have any diacritical marks or accents associated with it. The letter “Y” is used as is in most languages that use the Latin script, representing various sounds depending on the language.
However, there are a few languages and transliteration systems that use modified versions of the letter “Y” with diacritical marks to represent specific phonetic sounds or to indicate different letters or sounds borrowed from other scripts.
One example is the Romanization of the Cyrillic alphabet for some Slavic languages. In some systems, the letter Ў (Cyrillic short U) is transliterated as “Y” in the Latin script. The Ў represents a sound similar to the English “w,” and using “Y” as a transliteration is meant to approximate this sound.
Another example is the use of “Y” with diacritics in some Native American languages. In some systems for transcribing these languages, modified versions of the letter “Y” with diacritical marks may be used to represent specific sounds unique to those languages.
It’s important to note that the use of diacritical marks with the letter “Y” is relatively uncommon, and most languages that use the Latin script do not employ any diacritical marks with this letter. The standard letter “Y” (without diacritics) is widely used in languages such as English, Spanish, French, German, and many others.
In summary, the use of the letter “Y” with accents or diacritics is limited and mainly found in specific transliteration systems and linguistic contexts for certain languages, particularly when representing sounds not standard in the Latin script. The standard letter “Y” represents various sounds in most languages using the Latin script.
For the the complete list of the first 256 ASCII-based Windows ALT Codes, visit Windows ALT Codes for Special Characters & Symbols. For the ALT codes of other letters with accents or diacritical marks, grouped by letter or the language they are used in, visit ALT Codes for Latin Letters with Accents or Diacritical Marks used in Foreign Languages.