U+083B "࠻" Samaritan Punctuation Turu Unicode Character

U+083B "࠻" Samaritan Punctuation Turu is a specialized diacritical mark used in the Samaritan script, primarily employed to indicate a pause or a break in reading, similar to a comma or a brief stop in other writing systems. This punctuation mark is part of the Samaritan block in Unicode, which supports the ancient liturgical and historical texts of the Samaritan community. The Turu is distinct in its visual form, resembling a small, horizontal line with a curved hook, and it serves a specific prosodic function within the traditional grammar of Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation and preservation of Samaritan scriptural and literary works.

General Properties

Code Point	U+083B
Version Added	5.2
Name	Samaritan Punctuation Turu
Block	Samaritan
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	࠻
HTML Hex Encoding	࠻
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA0 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x083B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000083B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u083b

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
Terminal Punctuation	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other