U+0872 "ࡲ" Arabic Letter Alef with Right Middle Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0872 "ࡲ" Arabic Letter Alef with Right Middle Stroke is part of the Arabic Extended-B block and represents a variant of the Arabic letter alef, distinguished by a horizontal stroke emanating from the right side of its middle section. This character is used in the transcription of certain Arabic dialects or historical texts to denote a specific phonetic nuance, particularly in scholarly or linguistic contexts where precise orthographic differentiation is required. Its inclusion in Unicode aids in the accurate digital representation of specialized Arabic script forms, supporting academic and prescriptive documentation efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0872 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Alef with Right Middle Stroke |
| Block | Arabic Extended-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0872 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000872 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0872 |