U+089A "࢚" Arabic Small Low Word Imaala Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+089A "࢚" Arabic Small Low Word Imaala is a diacritical mark used in Arabic script, specifically designed to indicate a phonetic shift known as imaala, where a long "a" sound is raised toward a long "e" or "i" sound in certain words or dialects. It is classified as a combining mark, meaning it appears below or near a base Arabic letter rather than standing alone. This character belongs to the Arabic Extended B block and is primarily employed in specialized Quranic or scholarly texts to denote precise vowel coloration, reflecting historical or regional variations in pronunciation. Its inclusion in Unicode supports accurate representation of Arabic linguistics and recitation traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+089A |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Arabic Small Low Word Imaala |
| Block | Arabic Extended-B |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࢚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࢚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA2 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x089A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000089A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u089a |