U+0732 "ܲ" Syriac Pthaha Dotted Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ܲ
U+0732 "ܲ" Syriac Pthaha Dotted is a diacritical mark used in the Syriac script, specifically within the Eastern Syriac vocalization system. It represents a variant of the standard pthaha vowel sign, which indicates the sound /a/, but is distinguished by the addition of a dot or points, allowing for more precise phonological or orthographic distinctions in certain Syriac dialects or scholarly texts. This character is applied as a combining mark above or below a base consonant letter to denote a modified or emphasized vowel quality.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0732 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Pthaha Dotted |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0732 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000732 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0732 |