U+2D4A "ⵊ" Tifinagh Letter Yazh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵊ
U+2D4A "ⵊ" Tifinagh Letter Yazh is a grapheme used in the Tifinagh script, which is employed to write various Berber languages, most notably Tamazight, in North Africa. This specific character represents the sound /ʒ/, similar to the "s" in "measure" in English, and it is part of the modern standardized Neo-Tifinagh alphabet adopted for official use in Morocco. The letter's distinctive shape features a vertical line with a small horizontal hook or crossbar at the top, and it contributes to the effort to preserve and promote Berber linguistic heritage in a digital age, as Tifinagh has ancient origins dating back to pre-Islamic times.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D4A |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yazh |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D4A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D4A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d4a |