U+2D62 "ⵢ" Tifinagh Letter Yay Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵢ
U+2D62 "ⵢ" Tifinagh Letter Yay is a script character used in the Tifinagh alphabet, which is primarily employed to write the Berber (Amazigh) languages across North Africa. This particular letter represents the sound "y," functioning as a consonant similar to the English "y" in "yes," and it is an integral part of the standardized Neo-Tifinagh script recognized for official use in Morocco and other regions. Its glyph forms part of a writing system that has ancient origins, tracing back to the Libyco-Berber script with a revival in modern times for cultural preservation and education.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D62 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yay |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D62 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D62 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d62 |