U+0588 "ֈ" Armenian Small Letter Yi with Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0588 "ֈ" Armenian Small Letter Yi with Stroke is a rarely used character within the Armenian script, representing a variant form of the small letter yi (which typically corresponds to the sound /j/ or "y") that has been modified by a horizontal stroke through its middle. This stroke historically indicated a reduction or lengthening in certain orthographic traditions, but the character is considered obsolete in modern standard Armenian, primarily appearing in historical texts, liturgical manuscripts, or specialized linguistic contexts to denote a specific phonetic or morphological distinction. As a result, it is supported by only a limited number of fonts and digital systems, making it a niche element of Unicode's Armenian block.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0588 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Armenian Small Letter Yi with Stroke |
| Block | Armenian |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ֈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ֈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD6 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0588 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000588 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0588 |