U+070C "܌" Syriac Harklean Metobelus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
܌
U+070C "܌" Syriac Harklean Metobelus is a punctuation mark used in Syriac script, specifically within the Harklean tradition of Syriac Christian manuscripts, where it functions as a metobelus, which is a critical or editorial symbol. Its primary purpose is to indicate a note or a marginal correction, often marking a word or passage that requires attention or serves as a marker for a variant reading. This character is part of the Syriac block in Unicode and is distinguished from other Syriac punctuation by its specific shape and historical usage in scholarly or liturgical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+070C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Harklean Metobelus |
| 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 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x070C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000070C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u070c |
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 |