U+076D "ݭ" Arabic Letter Seen with Two Dots Vertically Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ݭ

U+076D "ݭ" Arabic Letter Seen with Two Dots Vertically Above is a specialized Arabic script character used primarily in certain African languages, such as those of the Fulani and Hausa orthographies, to represent a unique consonant sound not found in standard Arabic. It is formed by modifying the base letter seen (س) with two dots placed vertically above, indicating a variant pronunciation often akin to a palatalized or slightly shifted sibilant. This character falls within the Arabic Extended-A Unicode block, which was introduced to accommodate additional letters needed for various non-Arabic languages that employ the Arabic script. Its inclusion ensures that digital text can accurately represent the phonetic distinctions required for proper writing and communication in these linguistic communities.

General Properties

Code Point U+076D
Version Added 4.1
Name Arabic Letter Seen with Two Dots Vertically Above
Block Arabic Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ݭ
HTML Hex Encoding ݭ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDD 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x076D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000076D
C/C++/Java Escape \u076d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Joining Group Seen
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter