U+080E "ࠎ" Samaritan Letter Singaat Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Samaritan
Script Extensions Samaritan
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