U+0705 "܅" Syriac Horizontal Colon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
܅
U+0705 "܅" Syriac Horizontal Colon is a punctuation mark used in the Syriac script, primarily to indicate a pause or a break within a sentence, functioning similarly to a colon or semicolon in other writing systems. It consists of two horizontally aligned dots and is distinct from other Syriac punctuation forms like the vertical colon, which serves different syntactical purposes. This character is part of the Syriac block in Unicode and is employed in liturgical and classical texts to structure scriptural readings or poetic verses, aiding in the proper recitation and understanding of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0705 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Horizontal 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 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0705 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000705 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0705 |
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 |