U+070F "" Syriac Abbreviation Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+070F "" Syriac Abbreviation Mark is a formatting character used in the Syriac script to indicate an abbreviation, functioning similarly to a period or a special overline in other writing systems. It is typically placed above a sequence of Syriac letters to show that those letters represent a shortened form of a longer word, such as a name or a religious term. This mark is invisible to the reader in terms of phonetic value but is crucial for correct textual interpretation and rendering in digital environments. Because it is a control character rather than a visible glyph, proper support in fonts and software is necessary for it to appear as an overline rather than as a stray dot or missing symbol.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+070F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Abbreviation Mark |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Format |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x070F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000070F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u070f |