U+0715 "ܕ" Syriac Letter Dalath Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ܕ

U+0715 "ܕ" Syriac Letter Dalath is the fourth letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the sound /d/ or, in some contexts, a voiced dental fricative /ð/ when marked with a dot above in certain dialects. As a consonant, it corresponds to the Hebrew Dalet and the Arabic Dal, and it holds a numeric value of 4 in the Syriac alphanumeric system. In Syriac script, its shape varies slightly among the Estrangela, Serto, and East Syriac writing styles, but it consistently serves as a fundamental character for liturgical, literary, and everyday communication in Syriac language traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+0715
Version Added 3.0
Name Syriac Letter Dalath
Block Syriac
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ܕ
HTML Hex Encoding ܕ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDC 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0715
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000715
C/C++/Java Escape \u0715

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Right Joining
Joining Group Dalath Rish
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Syriac
Script Extensions Syriac
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter