U+2D63 "ⵣ" Tifinagh Letter Yaz Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵣ
U+2D63 "ⵣ" Tifinagh Letter Yaz is the most iconic and culturally significant letter in the Tifinagh script, used to write the Tuareg and Berber languages, particularly in North Africa, where it serves as a symbol of identity and liberation. Its shape, resembling a simple cross or an X, is often associated with the Amazigh flag and represents the free and indigenous people of the region. This character is part of the Tifinagh block in Unicode and is frequently employed in modern digital contexts to assert Amazigh heritage, making it a key element in the revitalization of the script in writing systems like Neo-Tifinagh.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D63 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Yaz |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D63 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D63 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d63 |