U+06EB "۫" Arabic Empty Centre High Stop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
۫
U+06EB "۫" Arabic Empty Centre High Stop is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, primarily within certain Quranic orthographies and scholarly notations, to indicate a specific phonetic pause or stop in recitation that is distinguished by its placement above the base letter. Its design features an open or empty circular shape positioned at a higher vertical alignment compared to other similar diacritics, contrasting with the filled forms like the Arabic High Stop. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-B block and serves as a specialized tool for precise textual interpretation and vocalization in religious and linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06EB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Empty Centre High Stop |
| 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 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06EB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006EB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06eb |