"י" U+05D9 Hebrew Letter Yod

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+05D9, displayed as י and named "Hebrew Letter Yod" is located in the Hebrew block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Hebrew Letter Yod
Category:: Other Letter
Block:: Hebrew
Script:: Hebrew
Bidirectional:: Right-to-Left
Mirrored:: No
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Decimal:: י
HTML Entity - Hex:: י
Unicode:: U+05D9;
Decimal:: 1497
CSS:: \0005D9
Javascript:: \u05D9
Perl:: \x{5D9}
Ruby:: \u{5D9}
Python:: u'\u05D9'
UTF-8 Encoding:: D799
UTF-16 Encoding:: 05D9
UTF-32 Encoding:: 000005D9

Other Characters Based on - י (U+05D9)

Image	Browser	Unicode	Name
	יִ	U+FB1D	Hebrew Letter Yod With Hiriq
	יּ	U+FB39	Hebrew Letter Yod With Dagesh