U+2D36 "ⴶ" Tifinagh Letter Yaj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⴶ
U+2D36 "ⴶ" Tifinagh Letter Yaj is a specific glyph in the Tifinagh script, which is used to write the Berber languages, particularly Tamazight in North Africa. This character represents the consonant sound /dʒ/ or /ʒ/, depending on the regional dialect, and is part of the extended Tifinagh block introduced in Unicode version 4.1 to support modern Berber orthography. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitize the linguistic heritage of Amazigh communities, enabling text representation in digital media and computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D36 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yaj |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⴶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⴶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB4 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D36 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d36 |