U+0647 "ه" Arabic Letter Heh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ه

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

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 Heh
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