U+06AF "گ" Arabic Letter Gaf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06AF "گ" Arabic Letter Gaf is a distinct letter used in several languages that utilize the Perso-Arabic script, including Persian, Urdu, and Pashto, among others. It represents a voiced velar plosive sound, similar to the English letter "G", and is visually distinct from the standard Arabic letter Kaf (ك) by the addition of an extra horizontal stroke over its base form. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Arabic block, allowing for digital representation and text processing in various writing systems that require this specific letter for accurate spelling and phonetics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06AF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Gaf |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | گ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | گ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDA 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06af |