U+068F "ڏ" Arabic Letter Dal with Three Dots Above Downwards Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+068F "ڏ" Arabic Letter Dal with Three Dots Above Downwards is a variant of the Arabic letter dal, distinguished by three dots arranged in a triangular pattern above the letter, with the specific form where the dots point or extend downwards relative to the base shape. This character is used primarily in the Sindhi language, where it represents a distinctive retroflex or implosive consonant sound that is not found in standard Arabic. It appears in the Arabic script block of Unicode and is encoded for digital text representation to support the orthographic needs of languages like Sindhi, ensuring accurate rendering and communication in written form across various platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+068F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Dal with Three Dots Above Downwards |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Dal with Three Dots Above Downward |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ڏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ڏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDA 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x068F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000068F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u068f |