U+FB1D "יִ" Hebrew Letter Yod with Hiriq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
יִ
U+FB1D "יִ" Hebrew Letter Yod with Hiriq is a precomposed typographic form used in Hebrew script, representing the consonant yod combined with the vowel hiriq, which produces the sound "ee" as in "machine". This character is part of the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block and was created to support precise text rendering in contexts such as religious or liturgical texts, where a single glyph is preferred over the separate sequence of a yod followed by a combining hiriq. It is distinct from a plain yod and is not commonly used in modern everyday writing, but it helps maintain consistency and readability in certain printed and digital Hebrew materials, particularly those requiring accurate vowel notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FB1D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Yod with Hiriq |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "י" U+05D9 Hebrew Letter Yod "ִ" U+05B4 Hebrew Point Hiriq |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | יִ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | יִ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAC 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFB1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FB1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufb1d |