U+05C2 "ׂ" Hebrew Point Sin Dot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ׂ
U+05C2 "ׂ" Hebrew Point Sin Dot is a combining diacritical mark used in the Hebrew script, specifically applied above the letter Shin (ש) to indicate that the letter is pronounced as a "sin" with an "s" sound, as opposed to the alternative "sh" sound of the "shin" variant. This dot is part of the system of niqqud (vocalization points) and serves a phonological role, distinguishing words like "שָׂר" (sar, meaning minister) from "שַׁר" (shar, meaning to sing). It visually appears as a small dot placed over the rightmost stroke of the Hebrew letter Shin and is encoded in the Unicode block for Hebrew points.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05C2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Point Sin Dot |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC25 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ׂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ׂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05C2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05c2 |