U+0714 "ܔ" Syriac Letter Gamal Garshuni Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ܔ
U+0714 "ܔ" Syriac Letter Gamal Garshuni is a variant of the Syriac letter Gamal, specifically used in Garshuni, a tradition of writing the Arabic language using the Syriac script, primarily by Syriac Christian communities. This character represents the Arabic sound corresponding to the letter "ghayn" (gh), which is not native to classical Syriac phonology, thereby enabling the faithful transcription of Arabic texts while maintaining the visual and structural integrity of the Syriac alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the historical and liturgical documents of these communities, ensuring that the distinct orthographic practices of Garshuni are digitally representable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0714 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Letter Gamal Garshuni |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0714 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000714 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0714 |