U+2D7F "⵿" Tifinagh Consonant Joiner Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

⵿

U+2D7F "⵿" Tifinagh Consonant Joiner is a formatting character used in the Tifinagh script to indicate that two adjacent consonant letters should be connected or joined together in ligature, particularly in Neo-Tifinagh orthography where it modifies the standard spacing between consonant characters to create a single visual unit. This invisible control character does not produce a glyph by itself but instead alters the typographic behavior of the consonants it links, facilitating the representation of certain linguistic features or stylistic preferences without introducing a vowel or other visible mark. Its function is distinct from letter modifiers, as it specifically acts as a joiner within the processing of Tifinagh text, helping to maintain script cohesion in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+2D7F
Version Added 6.0
Name Tifinagh Consonant Joiner
Block Tifinagh
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Virama
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⵿
HTML Hex Encoding ⵿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB5 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2D7F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002D7F
C/C++/Java Escape \u2d7f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Tifinagh
Script Extensions Tifinagh
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend