U+06B2 "ڲ" Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ڲ

U+06B2 "ڲ" Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Below is a variant of the Arabic letter "gaf," which itself is an extended form of the letter "kaf" used to represent the "g" sound in several Arabic-based scripts. This specific form features two dots placed beneath the character, and it is utilized in certain Arabic orthographies for languages such as Urdu and some dialects of Persian or Pashto, where it distinguishes a particular phonetic value, often a voiced velar or uvular fricative or a voiced velar stop, depending on regional conventions. The character belongs to the Arabic block in Unicode and is distinct from other gaf variants like those with dots above or a single dot below, ensuring precise representation of the language's unique sound inventories in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+06B2
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Below
Block Arabic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ڲ
HTML Hex Encoding ڲ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDA 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x06B2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000006B2
C/C++/Java Escape \u06b2

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 Dual Joining
Joining Group Gaf
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