Accented Letters

y tilde

Latin Small Letter Y with Tilde · U+1EF9

ỹ is the lowercase y with a tilde, the small wave above the letter. Vietnamese writes its six tones as diacritics on vowels, and the tilde marks the ngã (glottalized rising) tone, so ỹ is that tone’s form of the vowel y. Its capital form is Ỹ (U+1EF8). Click the tile to copy ỹ, then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V (Windows), Cmd+V (Mac) or a long-press → Paste on a phone.

ỹ codes

Every way to reference ỹ in text and code. Click the character or any chip to copy it.

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How to type ỹ

ỹ is not printed on most English keyboards, but every device hides a shortcut for it. Pick your platform:

Windows

ỹ
1EF9thenAltX
  1. In Microsoft Word, type the hexadecimal code point — 1EF9 for ỹ.
  2. Press Alt+X: the code converts into the character in place.

Tip: ỹ has no classic Windows Alt code. Outside Word, press Win + . to open the emoji panel and look under its Symbols tab — or copy the character straight from this page, which is fastest of all.

Mac

ỹ
OptionNtheny
  1. Press the Option combination for the accent — a highlighted accent mark appears, waiting.
  2. Type y; the two combine into ỹ.

Tip: The press-and-hold pop-up has no shortcut for this exact form, so the Option combination above is the keyboard route — or copy the character straight from this page.

iPhone & Android

  1. Long-press pop-ups on iPhone, iPad and Android don't cover ỹ.
  2. Fastest route on a phone: tap the big ỹ tile above to copy it, then long-press the text field and choose Paste.

Tip: Copying from this page works on every phone — no keyboard settings needed.

Copy-paste is a typing method too — every accented form of Y copies in one click on the Y with accent page, alongside the full typing guides.

Customize ỹ

Style the symbol your way — pick colors, size and shape, then copy the HTML snippet or download a square PNG/SVG (transparent background supported).

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ỹ y tilde (U+1EF9) — copy and paste (accentedletters.com)