U+06F0 "۰" Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Zero Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06F0 "۰" Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Zero is a numeric symbol used in the Arabic script for representing the number zero, specifically within the context of languages like Persian, Urdu, and others that employ the Eastern Arabic numeral system, as distinct from the standard Arabic-Indic digits used in Arabic itself. Its visual form differs from the common "0" or the regular Arabic-Indic zero, appearing as a small, filled circle or dot, and it encodes the zero value within the extended range of numeral characters, ensuring proper digital representation and computation in writing systems that rely on this script variant.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06F0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Zero |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Eastern Arabic-Indic Digit Zero |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Number |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ۰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ۰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06F0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006F0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06f0 |