U+0608 "؈" Arabic Ray Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0608 "؈" Arabic Ray is a punctuation mark used in Arabic script, primarily within Quranic text and certain classical manuscripts to indicate a specific type of pause or break, often serving a function similar to a comma or a breath mark in recitation. It is one of the several diacritic-like symbols in the Arabic block, distinct from letters or numerals, and its usage is specialized rather than common in modern typed Arabic.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0608 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ray |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ؈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ؈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0608 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000608 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0608 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Arabic |
| Script Extensions | Arabic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |