LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y vs GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON
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Property Comparison
| Property | Y U+0059 | Υ U+03A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON |
| Block | Basic Latin | Greek and Coptic |
| Script | Latn | Grek |
| Category | Uppercase Letter (Lu) | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+0059 | U+03A5 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+0059 | U+03A5 |
| decimal | 89 | 933 |
| htmldecimal | Y | Υ |
| htmlhex | Y | Υ |
| css | \0059 | \03A5 |
| javascript | \u{59} | \u{3A5} |
| python | \u0059 | \u03a5 |
| java | \u0059 | \u03A5 |
| go | \u0059 | \u03A5 |
| ruby | \u{59} | \u{3A5} |
| rust | \u{59} | \u{3A5} |
| ccpp | \u0059 | \u03a5 |
| urlencoded | Y | %CE%A5 |
| utf8bytes | 59 | ce a5 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 59 | 03 a5 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 59 | 00 00 03 a5 |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y is from the Basic Latin block (Latn script), while GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON is from Greek and Coptic (Grek). Check the codepoint or encoding to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.