U+0611 "ؑ" Arabic Sign Alayhe Assallam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0611 "ؑ" Arabic Sign Alayhe Assallam is a typographic honorific symbol used in Arabic script to represent the phrase "عليه السلام" (Alayhi al-Salam), meaning "peace be upon him," which is traditionally invoked after the names of prophets and angels in Islamic texts. This character is specifically placed above or following a name in written Arabic to denote respect and reverence, functioning as a compact alternative to writing out the full Arabic phrase. As part of the Arabic block in Unicode, it supports the representation of religious and scholarly works, ensuring that this honorific is preserved in digital formats.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0611 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Arabic Sign Alayhe Assallam |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ؑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ؑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0611 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000611 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0611 |