U+0648 "و" Arabic Letter Waw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
و
U+0648 "و" Arabic Letter Waw is the twenty seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet, functioning as a consonant that represents the sound /w/ and also serves as a long vowel for /uː/ in certain contexts. It is used in the Arabic script across many languages, including Persian, Urdu, and Pashto, where it can have phonetic variations such as representing the vowel /o/ in Persian. In calligraphy, Waw is known for its distinctive curved form that connects to preceding letters but not always to following ones, contributing to the flowing nature of Arabic writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0648 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Waw |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | و |
| HTML Hex Encoding | و |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0648 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000648 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0648 |