U+0655 "ٕ" Arabic Hamza Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0655 "ٕ" Arabic Hamza Below is a combining diacritical mark used in the Arabic script to represent a glottal stop, or hamza, positioned beneath a letter rather than above it. This specific character is typically employed in certain orthographic traditions to adjust the pronunciation or grammatical function of a base character, particularly when indicating a hamza that follows a long vowel or when precise phonetic transcription is needed. It is not a standalone letter but rather modifies the character it combines with, playing a specific role in Quranic text and some formal Arabic writing systems to ensure accurate recitation and meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0655 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Arabic Hamza Below |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ٕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ٕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0655 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000655 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0655 |