U+0612 "ؒ" Arabic Sign Rahmatullah Alayhe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ؒ
U+0612 "ؒ" Arabic Sign Rahmatullah Alayhe is a specific typographic mark used in Arabic script to indicate a traditional honorific phrase meaning "may God's mercy be upon him," typically placed above or after the name of a revered Islamic figure, such as a prophet or saint. This character functions as a diacritical or superscript symbol in religious and scholarly texts, helping to concisely denote respect without writing out the full Arabic phrase. It is part of the Arabic script block in Unicode and is distinct from other similar honorific signs like the salutation for peace or blessings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0612 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Arabic Sign Rahmatullah Alayhe |
| 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 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0612 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000612 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0612 |