U+2D35 "ⴵ" Tifinagh Letter Berber Academy Yaj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2D35 "ⴵ" Tifinagh Letter Berber Academy Yaj is a symbol from the Tifinagh script, used by the Berber Academy to represent the sound often transcribed as "y" or a palatal approximant in the Berber languages of North Africa. This specific letter, known as Yaj, is part of the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet, which was established by the Berber Academy to standardize and revive the ancient script for modern usage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent this linguistic element, supporting efforts to preserve and promote Berber cultural identity across Algeria, Morocco, and other regions.

General Properties

Code Point U+2D35
Version Added 4.1
Name Tifinagh Letter Berber Academy Yaj
Block Tifinagh
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⴵ
HTML Hex Encoding ⴵ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB4 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2D35
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002D35
C/C++/Java Escape \u2d35

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Tifinagh
Script Extensions Tifinagh
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter