U+066A "٪" Arabic Percent Sign Unicode Character

U+066A "٪" Arabic Percent Sign is a typographic symbol used primarily in Arabic script contexts to denote percentages, functionally equivalent to the standard percent sign (%) but designed to harmonize with the visual flow and calligraphic style of Arabic writing. It features a distinct design where the two small circles or loops are typically placed on the left side of a slanted line, reflecting the right to left directionality of Arabic text. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard as a dedicated Arabic punctuation mark, ensuring that documents and interfaces in Arabic can display the percentage symbol in a culturally and orthographically appropriate manner without relying on the Latin percent sign.

General Properties

Code Point	U+066A
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Percent Sign
Block	Arabic
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	European Terminator

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	٪
HTML Hex Encoding	٪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD9 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x066A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000066A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u066a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Postfix Numeric
Script	Arabic
Script Extensions	Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other