U+05B2 "ֲ" Hebrew Point Hataf Patah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+05B2 "ֲ" Hebrew Point Hataf Patah is a diacritical mark used in the Hebrew writing system, specifically a Hebrew niqqud vowel point known as a "hataf patah." This character represents a very short or reduced "a" vowel sound, often associated with guttural letters like aleph, ayin, heh, and chet in Biblical Hebrew, indicating a fleeting or half-vowel pronunciation distinct from its full counterpart, the patah. It appears as a small horizontal line with a dot to its right, placed beneath a Hebrew consonant to modify its vocalization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05B2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Point Hataf Patah |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC12 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ֲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ֲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD6 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05B2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05b2 |