U+062C "ج" Arabic Letter Jeem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ج

U+062C "ج" Arabic Letter Jeem is the fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet and represents a voiced palatal plosive sound, similar to the English "j" in "jump." It is a lunar letter, meaning it does not assimilate with the definite article "al-" in pronunciation, and its shape changes depending on its position in a word taking isolated, initial, medial, or final forms. In the Arabic abjad system, Jeem holds a numerical value of three and is widely used across languages that employ the Arabic script, including Persian and Urdu, where it may represent slightly different phonetic variations. The letter's name derives from the Semitic root for "camel" or "trunk," and its calligraphic form, like many Arabic letters, is often stylized in artistic and religious contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+062C
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Jeem
Block Arabic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ج
HTML Hex Encoding ج
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD8 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x062C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000062C
C/C++/Java Escape \u062c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Joining Group Hah
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter