U+2D5E "ⵞ" Tifinagh Letter Yach Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵞ
U+2D5E "ⵞ" Tifinagh Letter Yach is a symbol used in the modern Tifinagh script, which is employed to write the Tuareg languages, particularly in regions like Niger and Mali. This character represents a specific consonant sound, often transliterated as "y" or "j" depending on the dialect, and it is part of the extended Tifinagh block within the Unicode standard that was encoded to support the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Amazigh people. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the written form of a language that has a rich oral tradition and a distinct alphabetic system recognized alongside Latin and Arabic scripts in some North African contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D5E |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yach |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D5E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D5E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d5e |