U+06E7 "ۧ" Arabic Small High Yeh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+06E7 "ۧ" Arabic Small High Yeh is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, specifically within the Quranic orthography and some scholarly texts, to represent a small, superscript form of the letter Yeh. It serves as a phonetic or orthographic indicator, often appearing above other base characters to denote a long vowel sound or to function as a mater lectionis, thereby aiding in the correct pronunciation and recitation of Arabic, particularly in the Uthmanic script tradition of the Quran. Unlike standalone letters, this combining mark modifies adjacent characters and is not used independently in standard modern Arabic writing, making it a specialized element within Unicode’s Arabic supplement block for advanced textual representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+06E7
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Small High Yeh
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 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x06E7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000006E7
C/C++/Java Escape \u06e7

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
Modifier Combining Mark Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend