U+066C "٬" Arabic Thousands Separator Unicode Character

U+066C "٬" Arabic Thousands Separator is a punctuation mark used in Arabic script to separate groups of three digits for readability in large numbers, functioning similarly to a comma in English but with a distinct visual appearance. It is classified as a punctuation character and is typically employed in contexts where Arabic numerals are written in the Arabic script, such as in financial documents or mathematical texts. This character helps prevent ambiguity when reading long numerical sequences and supports the bidirectional layout common in Arabic text, ensuring clarity alongside Arabic-Indic digits.

General Properties

Code Point	U+066C
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Thousands 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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x066C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000066C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u066c

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	Mid Num
Sentence Break	Numeric