U+068B "ڋ" Arabic Letter Dal with Dot Below and Small Tah Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+068B "ڋ" Arabic Letter Dal with Dot Below and Small Tah is a specialized Arabic script character used in certain regional orthographies, particularly for the Sindhi language, to represent a unique retroflex or emphatic dental sound distinct from the standard Arabic letter dal. It consists of the base Arabic letter dal (د) modified with a single dot placed below it and a small loop or form resembling a miniature tah (ط) above or attached, combining both diacritical marks to indicate a specific phonetic value that differs from other dal variants. This character is included in the Unicode standard under the Arabic block to facilitate digital representation and text processing for languages that require this precise consonant, enabling accurate writing and communication in scripts like Sindhi where such nuanced glyphs are essential.

General Properties

Code Point U+068B
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Dal with Dot Below and Small Tah
Block Arabic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ڋ
HTML Hex Encoding ڋ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDA 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x068B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000068B
C/C++/Java Escape \u068b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Right Joining
Joining Group Dal
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter