U+0628 "ب" Arabic Letter Beh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ب
U+0628 "ب" Arabic Letter Beh is the second letter of the Arabic alphabet and represents the voiced bilabial stop sound /b/, similar to the English letter B. It is a fundamental character in the Arabic script, connecting to both preceding and following letters in cursive writing, though its form changes depending on its position in a word, such as initial, medial, final, or isolated. Used across Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and other languages that employ the Arabic script, this letter is essential for forming countless common words, from "باب" (door) to "كتاب" (book). Its visual shape consists of a single dot placed below a curved line, distinguishing it from similar letters like the two-dotted ت or three-dotted ث.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0628 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Beh |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Baa |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ب |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ب |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0628 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000628 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0628 |