U+0817 "ࠗ" Samaritan Mark in-Alaf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0817 "ࠗ" Samaritan Mark in-Alaf is a diacritical mark used in the Samaritan script, a writing system primarily employed by the Samaritan community for their liturgical and sometimes secular texts. This specific mark, known as "in-Alaf," is placed above or in conjunction with the letter Alaf (the first letter of the Samaritan alphabet) to modify its pronunciation or indicate a specific phonetic value within the Samaritan vocalization system. It functions as one of several marks that help distinguish between different readings of the biblical text in the Samaritan Pentateuch, ensuring accurate oral recitation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0817 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Samaritan Mark in-Alaf |
| 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 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0817 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000817 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0817 |