U+0748 "݈" Syriac Oblique Line Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0748 "݈" Syriac Oblique Line Below is a combining diacritical mark used in the Syriac script, a writing system primarily employed for the Syriac language and liturgical texts of various Eastern Christian traditions. As a combining character, it is not used in isolation but is placed below a base letter to modify its phonetic value or indicate a specific grammatical or textual nuance, functioning as a subtle orthographic marker in scholarly or religious manuscripts. Its appearance is a short, slanted line positioned beneath the character it accompanies, distinguishing it from similar diacritics like the Syriac vertical line below. This character belongs to the Syriac block of the Unicode standard, which encodes a range of letters, modifiers, and punctuation essential for accurate digital representation of historical and modern Syriac writing.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
݈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
݈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xDD 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x0748 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00000748 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u0748 |
Unicode Properties