U+05C6 "׆" Hebrew Punctuation Nun Hafukha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
׆
U+05C6 "׆" Hebrew Punctuation Nun Hafukha is a rare and ancient diacritical mark used in Hebrew manuscripts, most famously in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. It resembles a reversed or inverted Hebrew letter Nun, and its primary function is to denote a textual anomaly, such as a reversed order of letters or a section of text that is considered out of place or requires special attention during liturgical reading. In printed editions of the Bible, it appears as an indicator of these scribal corrections or comments, serving as a guide for readers rather than a phonetic or grammatical marker.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05C6 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Punctuation Nun Hafukha |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ׆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ׆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05C6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05c6 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Exclamation/Interrogation |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Script Extensions | Hebrew |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |