U+077A "ݺ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Two Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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
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