U+064A "ي" Arabic Letter Yeh Unicode Character

U+064A "ي" Arabic Letter Yeh is a fundamental letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the consonant sound /j/ (like the English "y" in "yes") and also functioning as a long vowel for the sound /iː/ (like the "ee" in "see"). As the twenty-eighth and final letter of the standard Arabic alphabet, it is widely used across languages that employ the Arabic script, including Persian and Urdu, where it often carries distinct dot configurations or final forms. In Arabic, its shape varies depending on its position in a word, connecting to adjacent letters in a cursive manner. This character plays a crucial role in both the phonetics and morphology of written Arabic, appearing in common words such as "في" (fee) meaning "in" and "يدي" (yadī) meaning "my hand."