U+070D "܍" Syriac Harklean Asteriscus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
܍
U+070D "܍" Syriac Harklean Asteriscus is a small cross-shaped punctuation mark used in Syriac manuscripts, particularly those associated with the Harklean version of the New Testament. Its primary function is to serve as a critical notation, often placed in the margins or within the text to indicate an alternative reading, a scholium, or a point of textual interest, much like an asterisk in other writing systems. This character is part of the Syriac script block in Unicode and is distinct from other asterisk symbols to preserve the specific liturgical and scholarly traditions of Syriac Christianity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+070D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Harklean Asteriscus |
| 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 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x070D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000070D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u070d |
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 |