U+0F61 "ཡ" Tibetan Letter Ya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0F61 "ཡ" Tibetan Letter Ya is the thirty first consonant of the Tibetan alphabet, representing the sound "ya." It functions as both an independent letter and a subjoined consonant in Tibetan script, where it can modify preceding base characters to form complex stacked syllables. In the Tibetan language, this character appears in a wide range of sacred texts, such as Buddhist scriptures, as well as in modern writing for languages like Dzongkha and Tibetan. Its shape is distinct, featuring a curved, open form that is typical of the Tibetan script's flowing, calligraphic style.

General Properties

Code Point U+0F61
Version Added 2.0
Name Tibetan Letter Ya
Block Tibetan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ཡ
HTML Hex Encoding ཡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBD 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0F61
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000F61
C/C++/Java Escape \u0f61

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Tibetan
Script Extensions Tibetan
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
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