U+FB1F "ײַ" Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Yod Yod Patah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ײַ
U+FB1F "ײַ" Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Yod Yod Patah is a typographic ligature used primarily in Yiddish orthography, combining two Hebrew letter yods followed by a patah vowel mark into a single glyph. This character represents a specific diphthong sound, typically the "ay" or "ai" vowel, and is found in Yiddish words where the sequence "יי" denotes the diphthong, such as in the word "פּײַ" (pie). As part of the Unicode standard's alphabetic presentation forms block, it facilitates correct rendering in digital text while preserving the traditional typographic convention of Yiddish typesetting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FB1F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Yod Yod Patah |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ײ" U+05F2 Hebrew Ligature Yiddish Double Yod "ַ" U+05B7 Hebrew Point Patah |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ײַ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ײַ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAC 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFB1F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FB1F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufb1f |