U+05F2 "ײ" Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Double Yod Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+05F2 "ײ" Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Double Yod is a typographic ligature used in the Yiddish language, specifically representing a sequence of two yod characters (יי) that function as a single grapheme. This ligature is employed to denote a diphthong sound typically pronounced as "ay" or "ey" in Yiddish, distinguishing it from the separate use of the individual yods. It has its own code point in Unicode to facilitate accurate representation and rendering in digital text, helping maintain the orthographic conventions of Yiddish that differ from standard Hebrew.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05F2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Double Yod |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Hebrew Letter Double Yod |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ײ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ײ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05F2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005F2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05f2 |