Yae (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with Я or E.

Yae or Yæ (Ԙ ԙ; italics: Ԙ ԙ) is an archaic letter of the Cyrillic script,^[1] a ligature of Я (Ya) and Е (E); я and е.

Yae
Ԙ ԙ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[jæ]
History
Development	Я and E Ԙ ԙ
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Yae was used in the old alphabet of the Mordvinic languages, where it represented the sequence [jæ], like the pronunciation of ⟨ya⟩ in "yak".^[2]

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ԙ		ԙ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YAE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YAE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1304	U+0518	1305	U+0519
UTF-8	212 152	D4 98	212 153	D4 99
Numeric character reference	Ԙ	Ԙ	ԙ	ԙ

See also

• Cyrillic characters in Unicode