U+06FD "۽" Arabic Sign Sindhi Ampersand Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06FD "۽" Arabic Sign Sindhi Ampersand is a typographic symbol used primarily in the Sindhi language, which is spoken in parts of Pakistan and India. Its form, like the English ampersand, represents the word for "and" in Sindhi, simplifying and connecting elements within written text. This character is encoded in the Arabic script block of Unicode and serves an analogous function to its Latin counterpart, allowing writers to abbreviate the conjunction in formal and informal contexts alike.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06FD |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Arabic Sign Sindhi Ampersand |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ۽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ۽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDB 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06FD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006FD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06fd |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Arabic |
| Script Extensions | Arabic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |