U+06CE "ێ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Small V Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06CE "ێ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Small V is a modified letter in the Arabic script, used primarily in the Kurdish language (specifically in the Sorani dialect) and in certain other languages of the region such as Uyghur. It represents a long vowel sound, typically the close front rounded vowel [y], similar to the French "u" or German "ü". The distinctive feature of the character is the small v-shaped diacritic placed above the standard yeh (ی) form, which distinguishes it from other yeh variants. This letter is essential for accurately writing Kurdish words that contain specific vowel sounds not found in standard Arabic, making it a key component of the extended Arabic script for non-Arabic languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06CE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Yeh with Small V |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Ya with Small V |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ێ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ێ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06ce |