U+080E "ࠎ" Samaritan Letter Singaat Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+080E "ࠎ" Samaritan Letter Singaat is part of the Samaritan script, an ancient direct descendant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet used primarily by the Samaritan community for liturgical and religious texts. This character represents the consonant sound corresponding to the Hebrew letter Samekh, and its name "Singaat" reflects its traditional pronunciation and place in the Samaritan abecedary. The Samaritan script is employed in writing the Samaritan Pentateuch and other sacred writings, and this letter appears in historical manuscripts and modern digital representations to preserve the unique linguistic heritage of the Samaritan people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+080E |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Samaritan Letter Singaat |
| Block | Samaritan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࠎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࠎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA0 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x080E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000080E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u080e |