U+0703 "܃" Syriac Supralinear Colon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
܃
U+0703 "܃" Syriac Supralinear Colon is a punctuation mark used in the classical Syriac script, primarily within liturgical and biblical manuscripts to indicate a pause or break in the text, often functioning as a type of verse divider or a marker for a mid-verse stop. Positioned above the line of text rather than on the baseline, this colon is part of a larger system of Syriac punctuation that helps structure reading and chanting, distinguishing it from the standard Latin colon in both form and function. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of Syriac texts can accurately preserve these ancient scribal conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0703 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Supralinear Colon |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0703 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000703 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0703 |
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 | Syriac |
| Script Extensions | Syriac |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |