U+0F61 "ཡ" Tibetan Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ཡ
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 |