U+1088D "𐢍" Nabataean Letter Yodh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐢍
U+1088D "𐢍" Nabataean Letter Yodh is a script character from the Nabataean abjad, an ancient writing system used by the Nabataean civilization between the 2nd century BCE and the 4th century CE. This specific letter represents the consonant sound /j/, akin to the English “y” in “yes,” and corresponds to the Semitic letter Yodh. It was part of the Nabataean script, which evolved from the Aramaic alphabet and later influenced the development of the Arabic script. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in version 7.0, released in 2014, to support the historical and linguistic study of Nabataean inscriptions found primarily in modern-day Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Sinai Peninsula.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1088D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Nabataean Letter Yodh |
| Block | Nabataean |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐢍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐢍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDC8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001088D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udc8d |