U+060E "؎" Arabic Poetic Verse Sign Unicode Character

U+060E "؎" Arabic Poetic Verse Sign is a typographic mark used in Arabic script to indicate the end of a poetic verse, functioning similarly to a period or stanza break within poetry manuscripts and printed texts. It is part of the Arabic block in Unicode and is historically employed in traditional and modern Arabic poetry to clearly separate lines or hemistiches, providing a visual cue for readers and reciters to pause or recognize a rhythmic and thematic closure. The sign appears as a distinctive decorative symbol, often resembling a rounded shape with a central dot or embellishment, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and documents that require accurate rendering of Arabic poetic conventions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+060E
Version Added	4.0
Name	Arabic Poetic Verse Sign
Block	Arabic
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	؎
HTML Hex Encoding	؎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD8 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x060E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000060E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u060e

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
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other