U+077A "ݺ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Two Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+077A "ݺ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Two Above is a specialized typographic mark used in certain Arabic script orthographies, particularly within the tradition of representing the Harari language, where it denotes a specific phonetic variant of the consonant "yāʾ" combined with an overlaid numeral indicating a distinct tonal or vowel quality. The character features the base letter Yeh Barree, which is a form of the Arabic letter yeh with a tail descending below the baseline, surmounted by the glyph for the Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Two, a symbol with its own distinct shape that sits directly above the letter. This combination allows writers to encode a precise linguistic sound that cannot be captured by standard Arabic letters alone, demonstrating how Unicode supports the nuanced needs of minority languages and specialized scholarly texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text can accurately preserve the unique orthographic co

General Properties

Code Point U+077A
Version Added 5.1
Name Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Two Above
Block Arabic Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ݺ
HTML Hex Encoding ݺ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDD 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x077A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000077A
C/C++/Java Escape \u077a

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 Dual Joining
Joining Group Burushaski Yeh Barree
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
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