U+0626 "ئ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0626 "ئ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above is a distinct Arabic script character used primarily in Persian, Urdu, and some Arabic-based orthographies to represent the glottal stop sound combined with the vowel "i" or "e" in the middle or final position of a word. It is formed by placing the hamza diacritical mark above the base letter yeh, distinguishing it from other yeh forms that lack this feature. This character is essential for correctly writing words like "mas'ala" (ئسٔله) in Arabic or "khatt-e" (خطِ) in Persian, and its Unicode encoding ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0626 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Hamzah on Ya |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "ٔ" U+0654 Arabic Hamza Above |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ئ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ئ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0626 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000626 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0626 |