These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form Y differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Capital Y in cursive
Start at the top left with a small hook and curve down into a rounded cup.
Rise to the top line on the right, then pull a long stroke down through the baseline.
Loop to the left below the baseline and rise back through the stem, exiting to the right.
Lowercase y in cursive
Start at the baseline and round over a small shoulder, then curve along the baseline.
Slant up to the midline and pull straight down below the baseline.
Loop to the left and rise back through the stem to the baseline for the exit.
Common mistakes with cursive Y
Making the lower loop too short, which makes y read like u.
Writing the printed V-shaped y instead of the rounded cup.
Confusing lowercase y with g; y starts with an open cup, g with a closed oval.
Common cursive y connections
ya
ye
yo
yu
ys
Words that start with Y in cursive
your
yellow
young
year
Cursive Y copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive Y worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
