U+061B "؛" Arabic Semicolon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
؛
U+061B "؛" Arabic Semicolon is a punctuation mark used in the Arabic script to function similarly to the semicolon in Latin-based writing, indicating a pause or separation between independent clauses that are more closely related than a full stop would allow. Unlike the standard semicolon, its glyph is reversed, appearing as a comma placed above a dot, reflecting the right to left direction of Arabic text. It is encoded in the Unicode standard to support proper typographic representation in languages like Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, ensuring correct formatting and readability in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+061B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Semicolon |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ؛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ؛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x061B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000061B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u061b |
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 | Exclamation/Interrogation |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Arabic Garay Nko Hanifi Rohingya Syriac Thaana Yezidi |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |