U+083C "࠼" Samaritan Punctuation Arkaanu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+083C "࠼" Samaritan Punctuation Arkaanu is a specialized diacritic or punctuation mark used in the Samaritan script, which is employed to write the Samaritan Hebrew language and liturgy. It functions to indicate a specific kind of pause or separation within a text, similar to a comma or a minor break in other writing systems, and is part of a set of notation marks developed for the precise reading of Samaritan scripture. This character appears in the Unicode block for Samaritan script, occupying the codepoint U+083C, and it is typically rendered as a small, distinctive symbol that assists in proper liturgical recitation and comprehension.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+083C |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Samaritan Punctuation Arkaanu |
| 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x083C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000083C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u083c |
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 |