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Letter y tracing worksheet

The v-shape stays above the baseline. Only the right stroke continues below it.

y y y y y y y yy y y y y y y yy y y y y y y y

Rows use Patrick Hand, an open-source print font. It is not Zaner-Bloser or D'Nealian. Dashed rows are outlines of the whole letter, not numbered stroke arrows.

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How this letter is formed

  1. 1Start on the dashed middle line, like v.
  2. 2Diagonal down to the baseline and back up, then pull the right side down below the baseline and hook left.

The mix-up to watch

Stop at the baseline and you have written v. The descender is the part that makes y.

Words that use it

yak · yes · my · play

Common questions

Where do I start a lowercase y?

Start on the dashed middle line, like v.

How is y different from the letter it gets mixed up with?

Stop at the baseline and you have written v. The descender is the part that makes y.

Which words use a lowercase y?

Start with yak, yes, my, play. Each word uses y in a different spot, so the letter is not only practiced at the start of the word.

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