U+0670 "ٰ" Arabic Letter Superscript Alef Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0670 "ٰ" Arabic Letter Superscript Alef is a combining mark used in Arabic script to represent a short, superscript form of the letter alef, often employed in certain orthographic traditions to indicate a long vowel or a phonetic prolongation without altering the baseline consonant. It is positioned above a preceding base character and is commonly found in transcriptions of the Quran or in formal Arabic texts to denote the presence of a silent or vocalic alef that affects pronunciation, particularly in words like "ٰهذا" (hadha). This character serves as a diacritical aid for precise recitation and spelling, distinguishing it from the full-sized alef and emphasizing its role as a non-connecting, floating modifier.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0670 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Superscript Alef |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Alef Above |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC35 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ٰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ٰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0670 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000670 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0670 |