Latin Capital Ligature Ij
Part of Accented Latin Letters
Latin Capital Ligature Ij has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- IJ
- Unicode
- U+0132
About this symbol
In Dutch, ij counts as one letter, so at the start of a capitalised word both parts are capitals: IJsselmeer, IJmuiden, never Ijsselmeer. Road signs and printed maps follow the rule, and the single IJ character keeps the pair together.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ
- Type
- Uppercase letter
- Unicode block
- Latin Extended-A
- Unicode group
- European Latin
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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