U+0736 "ܶ" Syriac Rbasa Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ܶ
U+0736 "ܶ" Syriac Rbasa Above is a combining diacritical mark used in the Syriac script, specifically employed to indicate the vowel sound /e/ (similar to the short e in English) when placed above a consonant, often representing the equivalent of the Greek epsilon in Syriac transliteration. This character functions as a supralineal dot, which is a common feature of the Eastern Syriac (Nestorian) vocalization system, where it appears as a small horizontal or somewhat curved stroke above the base letter to modify its pronunciation. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the accurate digital representation of Syriac liturgical, scholarly, and classical texts, preserving the distinct orthographic traditions of the Syriac language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0736 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Rbasa Above |
| 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 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0736 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000736 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0736 |