U+10E98 "𐺘" Yezidi Letter Xheyn Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐺘
U+10E98 "𐺘" Yezidi Letter Xheyn is a symbol within the Yezidi script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of version 14.0 to support the liturgical and cultural language of the Yezidi community. This specific letter represents a consonant sound, likely a voiced pharyngeal fricative similar to the Arabic letter 'ayn, and is used in the transcription of sacred texts and everyday writing among Yezidis, primarily in Iraq and Syria. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the Yezidi language and identity by enabling digital communication, documentation, and education in a writing system that had historically been transmitted orally.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10E98 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Yezidi Letter Xheyn |
| Block | Yezidi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐺘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐺘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xBA 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDE98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010E98 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\ude98 |