U+0FBB "ྻ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Fixed-Form Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0FBB "ྻ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Fixed-Form Ya is a specific glyph used in the Tibetan script to denote a subjoined form of the consonant "ya" that appears in a fixed, non-cursive shape below a base character. Unlike the standard subjoined ya which typically connects or curves, this fixed-form variant is designed for contexts where a distinct, upright stacking is required, such as in scholarly or liturgical texts that demand precise letter shapes. It belongs to the Tibetan block in Unicode and is utilized in writing various Himalayan languages, including Tibetan and Dzongkha, to form consonant clusters where the "ya" component maintains a stable, unchanged appearance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0FBB |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Subjoined Letter Fixed-Form Ya |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ྻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ྻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBE 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0FBB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000FBB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0fbb |