U+077D "ݽ" Arabic Letter Seen with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Four Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ݽ

U+077D "ݽ" Arabic Letter Seen with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Four Above is a specific character used in the extended Arabic script, primarily within the context of certain African languages such as Hausa, Fulfulde, or Wolof, where it represents a distinct consonant sound. It is formed by combining the base Arabic letter Seen (س), which corresponds to the sound /s/, with a diacritical mark consisting of an extended Arabic-Indic digit four placed above, modifying the base letter to indicate a voiced or retroflex articulation not found in standard Arabic. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block, designed to support the orthographic needs of these languages where extra characters are required for accurate phonetic representation. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing and display can correctly handle this specialized linguistic variant, preserving the unique writing traditions of regions where it is used.

General Properties

Code Point U+077D
Version Added 5.1
Name Arabic Letter Seen with Extended Arabic-Indic Digit Four Above
Block Arabic Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ݽ
HTML Hex Encoding ݽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDD 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x077D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000077D
C/C++/Java Escape \u077d

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