U+0709 "܉" Syriac Sublinear Colon Skewed Right Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
܉
U+0709 "܉" Syriac Sublinear Colon Skewed Right is a punctuation mark used in the Syriac script to indicate a pause or separation within a text, functioning similarly to a comma or colon in other writing systems. Positioned beneath the line of text and angled to the right, this character helps clarify syntactic or rhythmical structures in Syriac manuscripts, particularly in liturgical or literary contexts. It belongs to the Syriac block and is distinct from other Syriac points and diacritics due to its specific shape and sublinear placement.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0709 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Sublinear Colon Skewed Right |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Alias | SYRIAC SUBLINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT (correction) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0709 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000709 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0709 |
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 |