U+071E "ܞ" Syriac Letter Yudh He Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+071E "ܞ" Syriac Letter Yudh He is a single typographic glyph in the Syriac script that represents a ligature combining the letters Yudh (ܝ) and He (ܗ), which together form one of the sacred names or abbreviations for God, often used in liturgical texts to denote the divine name or to stand for the word "Allaha" (God) in Syriac Christian tradition. Its presence in the Unicode standard allows for the accurate digital representation of this important religious symbol, preserving its use in manuscripts, printed Bibles, and modern electronic communications within Syriac-speaking communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+071E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Letter Yudh He |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x071E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000071E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u071e |