U+077F "ݿ" Arabic Letter Kaf with Two Dots Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+077F "ݿ" Arabic Letter Kaf with Two Dots Above is an extended Arabic letter used primarily in historical or specialized orthographies for languages such as early Sindhi or other regional scripts, where it represents a distinct sound often akin to a voiceless velar or palatal fricative. Its two dots above the baseline modify the base letter "kaf" to indicate a phonetic variant not covered by the standard Arabic alphabet. This character falls within the Arabic Supplement block of Unicode, which was added to support diverse writing traditions beyond those of the core Arabic script. As a result, it is rarely encountered in modern everyday text but is crucial for accurate digital representation and scholarly work on historical manuscripts and linguistic documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+077F
Version Added 5.1
Name Arabic Letter Kaf with Two Dots Above
Block Arabic Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ݿ
HTML Hex Encoding ݿ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDD 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x077F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000077F
C/C++/Java Escape \u077f

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 Kaf
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