U+0873 "ࡳ" Arabic Letter Alef with Left Middle Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0873 "ࡳ" Arabic Letter Alef with Left Middle Stroke is a relatively recent addition to the standard, introduced in Unicode 14.0 in 2021 as part of the Arabic Extended-B block. This character represents a distinct form of the Arabic letter alef, specifically used in certain historical or specialized orthographic systems, and features a unique diacritic-like stroke extending from the left side of its mid-section. It serves primarily for the transliteration or representation of early Arabic texts and some non-Arabic languages written in Arabic script, aiding in accurate digital documentation of manuscripts and linguistic studies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0873 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Alef with Left Middle Stroke |
| Block | Arabic Extended-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0873 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000873 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0873 |