U+0871 "ࡱ" Arabic Letter Alef with Attached Top Right Fatha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0871 "ࡱ" Arabic Letter Alef with Attached Top Right Fatha is a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, introduced as part of the extended Arabic block to support historical or specialized orthographic needs. This character represents the Arabic letter alef combined with a fatha diacritic specifically attached to its top right corner, a notation used in certain Quranic or pedagogical texts to indicate a precise phonetic nuance or to ensure correct pronunciation without ambiguity. Its inclusion aids in the accurate digital representation of Classical Arabic and other languages using Arabic script where such detailed vowel markings are required, bridging a gap for scholars and linguists working with these nuanced writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+0871
Version Added 14.0
Name Arabic Letter Alef with Attached Top Right Fatha
Block Arabic Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࡱ
HTML Hex Encoding ࡱ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA1 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0871
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000871
C/C++/Java Escape \u0871

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 Right Joining
Joining Group Alef
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
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