U+0796 "ޖ" Thaana Letter Javiyani Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ޖ
U+0796 "ޖ" Thaana Letter Javiyani is a letter in the Thaana script used to write the Dhivehi language of the Maldives, where it represents the voiced palatal plosive sound /ɟ/, similar to a soft "j" in English. Javiyani is typically placed as the sixth letter in the Thaana alphabet and functions as a consonant, often taking a vowel diacritic above or below to form a complete syllable. As part of the Unicode standard, this character ensures digital representation and interchange of Dhivehi text across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0796 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Letter Javiyani |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ޖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ޖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0796 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000796 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0796 |