U+2D66 "ⵦ" Tifinagh Letter Ye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⵦ
U+2D66 "ⵦ" Tifinagh Letter Ye is a character from the Tifinagh script, which is used to write the Berber (Amazigh) languages of North Africa, particularly in regions like Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and the Sahel. This specific letter represents the sound of a "y" consonant or a front vowel, depending on the dialect and context, and it appears in the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet standardized by the Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe (IRCAM) in Morocco. The character is part of the Unicode Tifinagh block and was added to support the accurate encoding and digital preservation of the Amazigh language and its cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D66 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Tifinagh Letter Ye |
| Block | Tifinagh |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⵦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⵦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB5 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D66 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D66 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d66 |