U+08A1 "ࢡ" Arabic Letter Beh with Hamza Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࢡ
U+08A1 "ࢡ" Arabic Letter Beh with Hamza Above is a specific letter used in the extended Arabic script, primarily found in certain African languages such as Hausa, Fulfulde, and others that require additional phonetic distinctions not covered by the standard Arabic alphabet. It represents a variant of the letter Beh (ب) with a hamza placed above it, indicating a modified or glottalized pronunciation in the orthography of these languages. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block in Unicode, supporting the accurate digital representation of texts from regions where these specialized letters are essential for proper written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08A1 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Beh with Hamza Above |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࢡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࢡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA2 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08A1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08a1 |