U+06C3 "ۃ" Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta Goal Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+06C3 "ۃ" Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta Goal is a variant of the standard Arabic letter Teh Marbuta (ة), specifically used in certain orthographies for languages such as Arabic, Urdu, and Kashmiri to represent a distinct phonetic sound or syllable final form. Unlike the regular Teh Marbuta, which typically indicates a feminine noun ending or a glottal stop in pronunciation, this goal variant is often employed to denote a specific plosive or velar release in loanwords and proper names, ensuring accurate transliteration and textual clarity. It visually resembles the standard form but may appear with a small "goal" diacritic or shape modification, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard supports precise digital representation of diverse regional writing practices within the Arabic script family.

General Properties

Code Point U+06C3
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta Goal
Unicode 1.0 Name Arabic Letter Taa Marbutah Goal
Block Arabic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ۃ
HTML Hex Encoding ۃ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDB 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x06C3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000006C3
C/C++/Java Escape \u06c3

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 Teh Marbuta Goal
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