U+1047F "𐑿" Shavian Letter Yew Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐑿
U+1047F "𐑿" Shavian Letter Yew is a specific letter from the Shavian alphabet, a phonetic writing system designed for the English language. This character represents the vowel sound typically heard in words like "cute" or "few," corresponding to the /juː/ phoneme, which is a combination of a "y" glide and a long "u" sound. Its name "Yew" directly references this sound, making it a key component in accurately transcribing English pronunciation within the Shavian script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1047F |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Shavian Letter Yew |
| Block | Shavian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐑿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐑿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x91 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC7F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001047F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc7f |