U+0744 "݄" Syriac Two Vertical Dots Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0744 "݄" Syriac Two Vertical Dots Below is a diacritical mark used in the Syriac script to modify the sound of a base consonant, typically indicating a specific vowel quality or phonetic nuance such as a hardened or emphatic pronunciation. It appears as two vertically stacked dots positioned beneath the character it accompanies, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this ancient writing system's intricate vocalization and textual traditions can be accurately represented in digital environments, supporting linguistic and liturgical scholarship.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0744 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Two Vertical Dots Below |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ݄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ݄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDD 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0744 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000744 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0744 |