U+0652 "ْ" Arabic Sukun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0652 "ْ" Arabic Sukun is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, typically placed above a consonant to indicate the absence of a following vowel, signifying that the consonant is pronounced without any accompanying short vowel sound. This mark plays a essential role in the phonetic and grammatical structure of Arabic, helping to clarify pronunciation in fully vocalized texts, such as the Quran or educational materials, by showing where a syllable ends or a consonant is not followed by a vowel. It is distinct from other Arabic diacritics like the fatha or damma, which denote specific short vowels, and is often used in conjunction with the shadda to indicate a doubled consonant without a vowel in between.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0652 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Sukun |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC34 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ْ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ْ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0652 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000652 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0652 |