ÿ U+00FF, ÿ
LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
Composition:y [U+0079] + ◌̈ [U+0308]
þ
[U+00FE]
Latin-1 Supplement Ā
[U+0100]

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ÿ (upper case Ÿ)

  1. Used in old or handwritten texts as a ligature for ij: for example, lÿs = lijs (list).

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ÿ (upper case Ÿ)

  1. Found in a few French names as variant of ï, such as Pierre Louÿs and L'Haÿ-les-Roses, indicating that the ÿ forms a diphthong.

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ÿ (upper case Ÿ)

  1. The letter Y, marked for one of its syllabic pronunciations, (/ɨ̞, ɨ̞/ or /iː, ɪ/), distinct from adjacent vowels.