U+071D "ܝ" Syriac Letter Yudh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ܝ
U+071D "ܝ" Syriac Letter Yudh is the tenth letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the consonant sound /j/ similar to the English letter Y. In the Syriac script, which is used historically for writing Aramaic and later for classical Syriac liturgical texts, this letter also functions as a mater lectionis, often indicating a long vowel sound /i/ or /e/ when it appears in certain positions within a word. Its shape is a simple vertical stroke, and it is one of the foundational characters in the Syriac writing system, appearing extensively in religious manuscripts, inscriptions, and modern Neo-Aramaic scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+071D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Letter Yudh |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x071D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000071D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u071d |