U+05AE "֮" Hebrew Accent Zinor Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+05AE "֮" Hebrew Accent Zinor is a cantillation mark used in biblical Hebrew texts to indicate a specific musical and syntactic pattern for recitation, primarily serving as a conjunctive accent that links words together within a verse. Unlike disjunctive accents that create pauses, the Zinor signals that the word it marks should be chanted in close connection with the following word, often accompanying a longer note or melodic flourish in the Masoretic tradition. Its glyph resembles a small, inverted arc or crescent placed above the consonant, and while it is less common than other accents, it appears in the Torah and other books of the Hebrew Bible, contributing to the intricate system of te'amim that preserves both pronunciation and liturgical melody.

General Properties

Code Point U+05AE
Version Added 2.0
Name Hebrew Accent Zinor
Block Hebrew
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Above Left
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ֮
HTML Hex Encoding ֮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD6 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x05AE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000005AE
C/C++/Java Escape \u05ae

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Hebrew
Script Extensions Hebrew
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend