ײַ is the Unicode character HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH YOD YOD PATAH, code point U+FB1F (decimal 64287) in the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ײַ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF AC 9F.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FB1F |
| Decimal | 64287 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF AC 9F |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FB1F |
| UTF-32 | 0000FB1F |
| HTML decimal | ײַ |
| HTML hex | ײַ |
| CSS | \FB1F |
| JavaScript | \uFB1F |
| JSON | \uFB1F |
| Python | \uFB1F |
| Python by name | \N{HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH YOD YOD PATAH} |
| Java, C# | \uFB1F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FB1F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFB1F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%AC%9F |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH YOD YOD PATAH |
| Code point | U+FB1F (decimal 64287) |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms (U+FB00–U+FB4F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Bidirectional class | R: Right-to-left |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH YOD YOD PATAH is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+FB1F. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Alphabetic Presentation Forms
- st U+FB06 Latin Small Ligature St
- ﬓ U+FB13 Armenian Small Ligature Men Now
- ﬔ U+FB14 Armenian Small Ligature Men Ech
- ﬕ U+FB15 Armenian Small Ligature Men Ini
- ﬖ U+FB16 Armenian Small Ligature Vew Now
- ﬗ U+FB17 Armenian Small Ligature Men Xeh
- יִ U+FB1D Hebrew Letter Yod With Hiriq
- U+FB1E Hebrew Point Judeo-Spanish Varika
- ﬠ U+FB20 Hebrew Letter Alternative Ayin
- ﬡ U+FB21 Hebrew Letter Wide Alef
- ﬢ U+FB22 Hebrew Letter Wide Dalet
- ﬣ U+FB23 Hebrew Letter Wide He
- ﬤ U+FB24 Hebrew Letter Wide Kaf
- ﬥ U+FB25 Hebrew Letter Wide Lamed
- ﬦ U+FB26 Hebrew Letter Wide Final Mem
- ﬧ U+FB27 Hebrew Letter Wide Resh
All 58 characters: Alphabetic Presentation Forms.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ײַ?
- Use ײַ (decimal) or ײַ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FB1F?
- EF AC 9F (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%AC%9F.
- How do I write U+FB1F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFB1F. Python: \uFB1F.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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