U+0794 "ޔ" Thaana Letter Yaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0794 "ޔ" Thaana Letter Yaa is a character used in the Thaana script, which is the writing system for the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives. It represents the consonant sound equivalent to the English letter "Y" and is an essential component in forming words and conveying meaning in written Dhivehi. The Thaana script is written from right to left, and the letter Yaa appears in both native Dhivehi vocabulary and loanwords, contributing to the linguistic identity of the Maldivian people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0794 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Letter Yaa |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ޔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ޔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0794 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000794 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0794 |