Y

How to type it

Right index finger; hold Shift for the capital. Introduced in Lesson 9: Top row: t and y.

Common uses

• Y is a consonant in yes and a vowel in words like gym and my.
• School rhymes list the vowels as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

Less common uses

• Y is the chemical symbol for yttrium.
• Y is a human sex chromosome, usually found in males.
• In ye olde signs, the y stands in for the Old English letter thorn, which was pronounced th.