U+070B "܋" Syriac Harklean Obelus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
܋
U+070B "܋" Syriac Harklean Obelus is a specialized punctuation mark used in Syriac biblical manuscripts, specifically within the Harklean version of the New Testament, where it functions as a critical symbol to indicate a textual variant or a passage of questionable authenticity. This mark, resembling an elongated horizontal line with a central dot, belongs to the Syriac script block and is part of a system of obeli and metobeli employed by scribes to annotate and clarify readings in the text. Its use reflects the meticulous scholarly traditions of Syriac Christianity in preserving and transmitting scripture with attention to textual criticism.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+070B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Harklean Obelus |
| 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 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x070B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000070B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u070b |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |