Letter 25 of 26
The letter Y in braille
Y is dots 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Dots 1-3-4-5-6
Unicode ⠽ — U+283D
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. y is d plus dots 3 and 6, and like q it is identified mostly by how full it feels.
How this cell is built
Y belongs to decade 3. It is the letter d with dots 3 and 6 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
ddots 3 and 6y
Easily confused with
These letters differ from Y by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with Y, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
you
year
young
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, Y means “you”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter y. See the contraction reference for the full list.