U+2D4E "ⵎ" Tifinagh Letter Yam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵎ
U+2D4E "ⵎ" Tifinagh Letter Yam is a letter from the Tifinagh script, which is used to write the Berber (Amazigh) languages of North Africa. This character represents the sound /m/ and is part of the modern Tifinagh alphabet standardized by the Moroccan Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) for official use in education and media. Its glyph design varies stylistically across different regional traditions but typically maintains a distinctive vertical or diagonal form. The inclusion of Yam in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally support the Amazigh linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D4E |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yam |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D4E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D4E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d4e |