U+064C "ٌ" Arabic Dammatan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+064C "ٌ" Arabic Dammatan is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script to indicate the nunation or tanween of the grammatical case known as the nominative, represented by the vowel sound "-un" at the end of a word. It appears as a small double superscript waw-like shape placed above the final consonant of a noun or adjective, signifying indefinite accusative or nominative case in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic. This mark is essential for proper Quranic recitation and formal Arabic grammar, helping to distinguish word roles and pronunciation in written texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+064C
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Dammatan
Block Arabic
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class CCC28
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ٌ
HTML Hex Encoding ٌ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD9 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x064C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000064C
C/C++/Java Escape \u064c

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 Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Inherited
Script Extensions Arabic Syriac
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend