U+0675 "ٵ" Arabic Letter High Hamza Alef Unicode Character
U+0675 "ٵ" Arabic Letter High Hamza Alef is a specialized glyph used in the Arabic script to represent a glottal stop (hamza) combined with an initial alif, but with the hamza written above the alif in a high position rather than in its usual placement. This variant is primarily employed in certain orthographic traditions, such as in the writing of the Qur'an or in some historical or regional Arabic scripts, to distinguish phonetic nuances or to adhere to specific calligraphic conventions. It belongs to the Arabic block of Unicode and serves as a typographic alternative to the more common hamza-on-alif forms, ensuring precise representation of text that follows these particular writing practices. The character is not typically used in modern standard Arabic but is important for accurate digital rendering of classical and religious manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0675 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter High Hamza Alef |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter High Hamzah Alef |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef "ٴ" U+0674 Arabic Letter High Hamza |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ٵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ٵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD9 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0675 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000675 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0675 |