U+0727 "ܧ" Syriac Letter Reversed Pe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+0727 "ܧ" Syriac Letter Reversed Pe is a grapheme used in the Syriac script, primarily associated with historical or liturgical contexts. It represents a variant of the letter Pe, distinguished by its reversed orientation, and is employed in certain Syriac dialects or orthographic traditions to denote a specific phonetic value, often reflecting a voiceless bilabial or labiodental sound. While not as common in modern usage, this character remains part of the Syriac block in Unicode to support textual accuracy in manuscripts and scholarly works.

General Properties

Code Point U+0727
Version Added 3.0
Name Syriac Letter Reversed Pe
Block Syriac
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ܧ
HTML Hex Encoding ܧ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDC 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0727
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000727
C/C++/Java Escape \u0727

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 Dual Joining
Joining Group Reversed Pe
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