U+06C7 "ۇ" Arabic Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06C7 "ۇ" Arabic Letter U is a vowel sign used primarily in the Uyghur and Kazakh Arabic alphabets, as well as in some other Central Asian languages, where it represents a close back rounded vowel sound similar to the "oo" in "boot." This character is distinct from the standard Arabic letter waw (و) and appears in its isolated, initial, medial, and final forms, with glyph variations depending on the specific script style. It plays a crucial role in accurately writing and reading these languages in their Arabic-based orthographies, ensuring proper phonetic representation in digital text encoding.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06C7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter U |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Waw with Dammah |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ۇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ۇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06c7 |