U+0678 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA YEH

The Unicode character U+0678, officially named ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA YEH, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Arabic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZAH YA.

Categorized technically as a Other Letter, this character typically falls under the Arabic script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is a compatibility composition and has no designated width in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Arabic Letter character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.