U+0743 "݃" Syriac Two Vertical Dots Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
݃
U+0743 "݃" Syriac Two Vertical Dots Above is a diacritical mark used in the Syriac script, a writing system historically employed for the Syriac language, a dialect of Middle Aramaic. This specific diacritic consists of two small dots arranged vertically and placed above a base consonant or vowel letter, where it typically indicates a phonetic distinction or modifies the sound value of that character, such as denoting aspiration, voicing, or a specific vowel quality within Syriac orthography. As part of the Syriac block in Unicode, it supports the accurate representation of ancient and liturgical texts, including those from Syriac Christian traditions, by preserving the precise grammatical and phonological nuances encoded by such marks.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0743 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Two Vertical Dots 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 | 0xDD 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0743 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000743 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0743 |