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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Right Joining
Joining Group Yudh He
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Syriac
Script Extensions Syriac
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter