U+2D55 "ⵕ" Tifinagh Letter Yarr Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2D55 "ⵕ" Tifinagh Letter Yarr is a glyph used in the Tifinagh script, which is traditionally employed to write the Berber languages of North Africa, especially in Morocco, Algeria, and parts of Mali and Niger. This specific character represents a distinctive consonant sound, typically a retroflex or emphatic “r” (often transliterated as “ṛ” or “rr”), and it is part of the modern Neo-Tifinagh alphabet standardized by the Unicode Consortium to support digital and print communication for Tamazight speakers. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and promote the cultural identity and linguistic heritage of the Imazighen people, allowing for accurate representation of their language across computers and mobile devices.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2D55
Name
Tifinagh Letter Yarr
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ⵕ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⵕ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB5 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2D55
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002D55
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2d55
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tifinagh