U+06E3 "ۣ" Arabic Small Low Seen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ۣ
U+06E3 "ۣ" Arabic Small Low Seen is a diacritical mark used in Arabic script, specifically functioning as a phonetic sign rather than a standalone letter. It represents a small, low-positioned version of the letter Seen (س) and is typically employed in Quranic orthography and other textual traditions to indicate a specific pronunciation or grammatical nuance, such as the stopping or assimilation of sounds. This distinctive character appears below the base text, aiding in precise recitation and scholarly transcription by clarifying how certain consonants should be articulated within the flow of speech.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06E3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Small Low Seen |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ۣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ۣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06E3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006E3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06e3 |