U+073F "ܿ" Syriac Rwaha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ܿ

U+073F "ܿ" Syriac Rwaha is a diacritical mark used in the Syriac script, primarily associated with the Eastern Syriac vocalization system to indicate the presence of a following "w" sound or to denote a specific breathy or aspirated quality in certain consonants, often serving a phonetic function similar to a soft breathing or a vowel glide. It appears as a small symbol placed above or attached to a base letter in Syriac texts, such as in classical liturgical or literary writings, and is distinct from other Syriac diacritics like the hard or soft breathings.

General Properties

Code Point U+073F
Version Added 3.0
Name Syriac Rwaha
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 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x073F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000073F
C/C++/Java Escape \u073f

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 Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Syriac
Script Extensions Syriac
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend