Unicode Character "ی" (U+06CC)

The character ی (Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+06CC. It is encoded in the Arabic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ی.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh
Unicode Codepoint U+06CC
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Arabic
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Arabic Letter (AL)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Arabic
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+06CC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ی
HTML (hex) ی
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %DB%8C
CSS \0006CC
JavaScript, JSON \u06CC
C, C++, Java \u06CC
Python \u06CC
Rust \u{06CC}
Ruby \u06CC

How to type "ی"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 C C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 C C. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ی
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ی
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ی
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xDB 0x8C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x06CC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000006CC

Characters based on "ی" (U+06CC)

References