U+2D61 "ⵡ" Tifinagh Letter Yaw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵡ
U+2D61 "ⵡ" Tifinagh Letter Yaw is a grapheme used in the Tifinagh script, which is traditionally employed to write the Berber languages of North Africa, such as Tamazight and Tuareg. This letter represents the voiced labial-velar approximant sound, similar to the English "w" in "water," and is one of the standard characters in the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet recognized by the Unicode Standard for digital text and computing. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and modern usage of Berber languages in electronic communication, cultural documentation, and digital typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D61 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yaw |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d61 |