U+0699 "ڙ" Arabic Letter Reh with Four Dots Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ڙ

U+0699 "ڙ" Arabic Letter Reh with Four Dots Above is a variant of the Arabic letter "reh" (ر) primarily used in the Sindhi language and occasionally in other South Asian scripts like Kashmiri or Saraiki to represent a voiced retroflex flap or a similar retroflex sound distinct from the standard alveolar "ra." Its defining feature is the placement of four small dots in a two by two square pattern directly above the letter's bowl, which sets it apart from other Arabic "reh" diacritic forms such as the three dot variants. In Unicode terms, it belongs to the Arabic block and is encoded for digital text representation, enabling accurate rendering and input in modern computing systems for languages that require this specific orthographic distinction.

General Properties

Code Point U+0699
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Reh with Four Dots Above
Unicode 1.0 Name Arabic Letter Ra with Four Dots Above
Block Arabic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ڙ
HTML Hex Encoding ڙ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDA 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0699
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000699
C/C++/Java Escape \u0699

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 Reh
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