U+0605 "" Arabic Number Mark Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0605 "" Arabic Number Mark Above is a combining mark used in Arabic script to indicate a number, typically placed above a letter or group of letters to denote a numeric value in contexts like early Islamic manuscripts or abjad numerals. It functions as a diacritical sign that modifies the base character, distinguishing numeric sequences from regular text. This mark is part of the Arabic block in Unicode and is employed in historical and religious texts where traditional numbering systems are preserved.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0605 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Arabic Number Mark Above |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Format |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Number |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ؅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ؅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0605 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000605 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0605 |