U+0757 "ݗ" Arabic Letter Hah with Two Dots Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0757 "ݗ" Arabic Letter Hah with Two Dots Above is a modified Arabic letter used in certain extended Arabic script alphabets, specifically within the Arabic Extended-A block, to represent a distinct phoneme not found in standard Arabic. This character is based on the Arabic letter "Hah" (ح) but is distinguished by two dots placed above it, which typically indicates a voiceless pharyngeal or velar fricative variant in languages such as some dialects of Hausa, Sindhi, or other regional languages that require additional characters beyond the basic Arabic set. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital representation and writing of these languages, ensuring that the unique sound is preserved in electronic texts and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0757 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Hah with Two Dots Above |
| Block | Arabic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ݗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ݗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDD 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0757 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000757 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0757 |