U+06B3 "ڳ" Arabic Letter Gueh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06B3 "ڳ" Arabic Letter Gueh is a character used in the Arabic script specifically for the Saraiki language of Pakistan and India, where it represents a voiced velar implosive sound, distinct from the standard Arabic letter "گ" (Gaf). It is also utilized in other regional languages such as Kashmiri and Hindko to denote a similar phonetic value. This character is formed by adding a small diacritical mark, resembling a dot or a small stroke, above the base letter "ڪ" (Kaf with a line), and it is encoded in the Unicode block for Arabic, making it accessible for digital text representation and processing in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06B3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Gueh |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Vertical Below |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ڳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ڳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDA 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06b3 |