U+0816 "ࠖ" Samaritan Mark In Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0816 "ࠖ" Samaritan Mark In is a punctuation mark used in the Samaritan script, a direct descendant of the ancient Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, to indicate a minor pause or a shorter break within a verse or section of liturgical text. This mark functions as a diacritical or cantillation sign, traditionally employed in the reading of the Samaritan Torah to guide the intonation and phrasing of the oral recitation. It belongs to the Samaritan block of Unicode, which was added to the standard to support the encoding of the Samaritan language and its unique writing system. The character typically appears as a small horizontal stroke or a short line positioned above or within the text, serving a role similar to that of the comma or a low stop in other punctuation systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+0816
Version Added 5.2
Name Samaritan Mark In
Block Samaritan
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Above
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࠖ
HTML Hex Encoding ࠖ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA0 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0816
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000816
C/C++/Java Escape \u0816

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 Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Samaritan
Script Extensions Samaritan
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend