U+064D "ٍ" Arabic Kasratan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+064D "ٍ" Arabic Kasratan is a combining diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, known in Arabic as "Kasratan" or "double kasra," which indicates the indefinite accusative or genitive case with nunation in the form of two downward slanted strokes placed beneath a letter. It is primarily employed in fully vocalized Arabic texts, such as the Quran or educational materials, to denote a short /i/ sound followed by an implied "n" (nunation), making it a phonetic marker that is always positioned as a subscript below the consonant it modifies. This character is distinct in its combining nature, meaning it must be attached to a base Arabic letter to be displayed correctly, and it plays a crucial role in classical Arabic grammar and pronunciation.

General Properties

Code Point U+064D
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Kasratan
Block Arabic
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class CCC29
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ٍ
HTML Hex Encoding ٍ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD9 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x064D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000064D
C/C++/Java Escape \u064d

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