U+2D3A "ⴺ" Tifinagh Letter Yaddh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2D3A "ⴺ" Tifinagh Letter Yaddh is a symbol from the Tifinagh script, which is used primarily to write the Berber languages of North Africa, such as Tamazight. This specific letter represents a voiced pharyngeal fricative sound, similar to the Arabic letter "ayn" (ع), and is part of the modern Neo-Tifinagh alphabet standardized by the Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe in Morocco. It appears in written texts, educational materials, and official signage within the Amazigh cultural context, helping to preserve and promote the linguistic heritage of the Berber people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D3A |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yaddh |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⴺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⴺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB4 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d3a |