U+0763 "ݣ" Arabic Letter Keheh with Three Dots Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0763 "ݣ" Arabic Letter Keheh with Three Dots Above is a variant of the Arabic letter keheh, which itself is used in some languages to represent a distinct consonant sound, typically like a voiced uvular or velar fricative. This specific form, marked by three dots above the letter, is utilized in certain extended Arabic scripts, such as in languages like Kazakh and Kyrgyz, to denote a voiced uvular plosive or a similar sound that does not exist in standard Arabic. It belongs to the Arabic Supplement block of Unicode and facilitates accurate textual representation and digital communication for diverse linguistic communities that require specialized orthographic characters beyond the basic Arabic alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0763 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Keheh with Three Dots Above |
| Block | Arabic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ݣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ݣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDD 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0763 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000763 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0763 |