U+0885 "ࢅ" Arabic Tatweel with Two Dots Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0885 "ࢅ" Arabic Tatweel with Two Dots Below is a specialized Arabic script symbol used to mark a specific orthographic or phonetic function, likely related to elongation or stretching of a letter, as the tatweel (or kashida) character traditionally serves to extend the connecting line between Arabic letters. The addition of two dots below the tatweel distinguishes it from the standard tatweel, and it is found in the Unicode block for Arabic Extended-B, a range that accommodates various historical and scholarly notations for the Arabic script, including those used in Quranic recitation or ancient manuscripts. Its purpose is to provide precise control over text rendering, allowing scribes or typesetters to indicate a lengthened or marked form of the connective stroke, though its usage is rare and largely restricted to academic or liturgical contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+0885
Version Added 14.0
Name Arabic Tatweel with Two Dots Below
Block Arabic Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࢅ
HTML Hex Encoding ࢅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA2 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0885
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000885
C/C++/Java Escape \u0885

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 Join Causing
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