LATIN SMALL LETTER Y vs CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U
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Property Comparison
| Property | y U+0079 | у U+0443 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER Y | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U |
| Block | Basic Latin | Cyrillic |
| Script | Latn | Cyrl |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+0079 | U+0443 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+0079 | U+0443 |
| decimal | 121 | 1091 |
| htmldecimal | y | у |
| htmlhex | y | у |
| css | \0079 | \0443 |
| javascript | \u{79} | \u{443} |
| python | \u0079 | \u0443 |
| java | \u0079 | \u0443 |
| go | \u0079 | \u0443 |
| ruby | \u{79} | \u{443} |
| rust | \u{79} | \u{443} |
| ccpp | \u0079 | \u0443 |
| urlencoded | y | %D1%83 |
| utf8bytes | 79 | d1 83 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 79 | 04 43 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 79 | 00 00 04 43 |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. LATIN SMALL LETTER Y is from the Basic Latin block (Latn script), while CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U is from Cyrillic (Cyrl). Check the codepoint or encoding to tell them apart.
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charCodeAt()
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