U+06E0 "۠" Arabic Small High Upright Rectangular Zero Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+06E0 "۠" Arabic Small High Upright Rectangular Zero is a diacritical mark used in historical and religious Arabic texts, primarily serving as a placeholder or marker to indicate a zero or empty value in certain orthographic or numerological systems, distinct from the standard Arabic numeral zero. It appears as a small, upright rectangular shape positioned above the baseline, and its usage is rare in modern Arabic script, typically confined to specialized editions of the Quran or scholarly transcriptions where precise notation of vowel absence or syllable boundaries is required. This character belongs to the Unicode block for Arabic, supplementing the system of diacritics known as tashkīl, and its inclusion ensures accurate digital representation of ancient manuscripts without compromising textual fidelity.

General Properties

Code Point U+06E0
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Small High Upright Rectangular Zero
Block Arabic
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Above
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ۠
HTML Hex Encoding ۠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDB 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x06E0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000006E0
C/C++/Java Escape \u06e0

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 Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend