What 𐤧 means
It writes the y-sound inside Lydian words; by itself it says nothing.
Most surviving Lydian texts are tomb inscriptions from Sardis, the capital; decrees, graffiti, coin legends, and verse also survive — longer ones in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE.
The alphabet probably derives from an East Greek model; this sign may echo a letter of the neighbouring Carian script — the link is unsettled. As of 2026 it has no modern folk meaning.
A scholar's letter — specialist or decorative in chat.
Not the Latin Y — it sends no message alone.
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Who writes 𐤧
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐤧 show as a box?
A missing glyph — your font lacks Lydian letters; any Lydian-capable font fixes it.
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How to type or find 𐤧
- Search it as
- lydian y · lydian alphabet · lydian letters · lydian script · anatolian alphabet · 𐤧
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𐤧CSS
\10927Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐤧
HTML hex
𐤧
CSS content
content: "\10927";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%A4%A7
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.