U+060F "؏" Arabic Sign Misra Unicode Character

U+060F "؏" Arabic Sign Misra is a typographic mark used in Arabic script, specifically as an abbreviation symbol for the word "misra" meaning "line" or "verse" in poetic or rhythmic contexts. It appears as a distinct, small, decorative glyph that can be placed within or beside text to indicate a metrical line or stanza break, often in classical Arabic poetry or music manuscripts. Historically, it served a similar function to a pilcrow or paragraph sign in other writing systems, helping to visually organize and structure poetic compositions without relying on modern punctuation. Though not commonly used in everyday digital text, it remains a part of the Unicode standard for preserving historical and specialized Arabic calligraphy and notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+060F
Version Added	4.0
Name	Arabic Sign Misra
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x060F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000060F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u060f

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