U+066B "٫" Arabic Decimal Separator Unicode Character

U+066B "٫" Arabic Decimal Separator is a typographic symbol used in Arabic script to denote the decimal point in numbers, functioning similarly to the period or comma in other writing systems. Unlike the standard Latin decimal point or comma, this character is designed to align with the visual and calligraphic style of Arabic text, appearing as a small, slanted mark. It is encoded in the Unicode standard to support the proper representation of numerical data in languages such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, where it helps avoid confusion with other punctuation marks and maintains consistency in mathematical and financial contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+066B
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Decimal Separator
Block	Arabic
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Number

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	٫
HTML Hex Encoding	٫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD9 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x066B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000066B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u066b

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	Numeric
Script	Arabic
Script Extensions	Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Numeric
Sentence Break	Numeric