U+0671 "ٱ" Arabic Letter Alef Wasla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0671 "ٱ" Arabic Letter Alef Wasla is a variant of the Arabic letter alef used primarily in the Quranic orthography and classical Arabic texts to mark what is known as hamzat al-wasl, or the "connecting hamza." Unlike a standard alef with a hamza above, this character indicates a glottal stop that is not pronounced when the preceding word ends in a vowel, facilitating smooth pronunciation across word boundaries in connected speech. It appears most notably at the beginning of certain definite articles and imperative verb forms, serving as a critical diacritical aid for accurate recitation and understanding of Arabic grammar, particularly in religious and scholarly contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0671 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Alef Wasla |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Hamzat Wasl on Alef |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ٱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ٱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0671 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000671 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0671 |