U+0647 "ه" Arabic Letter Heh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0647 "ه" Arabic Letter Heh is a key letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the consonant sound /h/ as in the English word "house." It is the twenty-seventh letter in the standard Arabic alphabetical order and is widely used in written Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and other languages that utilize the Arabic script. In its isolated and end forms, it appears as a small rounded shape with a single opening, while in its medial and initial forms, it connects to adjacent letters via a short tail. This character also serves as the feminine suffix in Arabic grammar and appears frequently in the name of God, "Allah" (الله), where it follows the lam-alif ligature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0647 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Heh |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Ha |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ه |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ه |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0647 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000647 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0647 |