U+2D5A "ⵚ" Tifinagh Letter Yass Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵚ
U+2D5A "ⵚ" Tifinagh Letter Yass is a grapheme from the Tifinagh script, which is traditionally used to write Berber languages such as Tamazight, Tachelhit, and Kabyle. This particular letter represents the voiceless pharyngeal fricative sound /ħ/ or a similar emphatic consonant, and it corresponds to the letter "ṣ" in Latin transliteration. In modern usage, it appears in official documents, signage, and educational materials in regions like Morocco and Algeria, and it is part of the Neo-Tifinagh standard adopted by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize Amazigh language writing, supporting cultural identity and linguistic diversity in North Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D5A |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yass |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D5A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d5a |