U+088E "ࢎ" Arabic Vertical Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࢎ
U+088E "ࢎ" Arabic Vertical Tail is a relatively recent addition to the Arabic script block, encoded as part of the Unicode Standard to support specialized orthographic needs in certain languages. This character represents a letter variant that features a distinctive vertical extension or tail, typically used in historical or scholarly transcriptions of Arabic-based texts to indicate a prolonged or emphatic sound. Its inclusion helps preserve accurate representation of manuscripts and linguistic details that require more than the standard Arabic letter set provides, ensuring that digital text can faithfully reflect the nuances of written traditions in languages like African Ajami or ancient Quranic notations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+088E |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Arabic Vertical Tail |
| Block | Arabic Extended-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࢎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࢎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA2 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x088E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000088E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u088e |