U+06CC "ی" Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06CC "ی" Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh is a distinct Arabic script letter used primarily in the Persian, Urdu, Kurdish, and other languages, where it represents a long vowel sound, typically /iː/ or /j/, depending on context. Unlike the standard Arabic letter Yeh (U+064A), which has two dots below in its isolated and final forms, Farsi Yeh lacks those dots, making it appear as a simple, unadorned shape that is also used in many other languages influenced by Persian script. This character is essential for correct orthographic representation in these languages, as it differentiates words and pronunciations that would otherwise be written with the Arabic Yeh.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06CC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Dotless Ya |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ی |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ی |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06CC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06cc |