U+021C "Ȝ" Latin Capital Letter Yogh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+021C "Ȝ" Latin Capital Letter Yogh is a historical letter used in Middle English, Middle Scots, and Old Norse, representing a voiced velar fricative sound similar to the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch" or the "g" in "garden." It originated from the Irish Insular script and was commonly employed in medieval manuscripts, appearing in early English texts such as the *Ormulum* and the *Canterbury Tales* before gradually being replaced by "gh," "y," or "z" in later orthography. The character is distinct from a lowercase yogh, which is represented by the corresponding U+021D "ȝ," and it is sometimes confused with the letter "z" due to its similar shape in some typefaces. Yogh fell out of common use by the early modern period, but it remains an important symbol for historical linguistics and paleography.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
Ȝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
Ȝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xC8 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x021C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000021C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u021c |
Unicode Properties