U+08A4 "ࢤ" Arabic Letter Feh with Dot Below and Three Dots Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+08A4 "ࢤ" Arabic Letter Feh with Dot Below and Three Dots Above is a specialized Arabic script character used primarily in the extended Arabic alphabet for certain African languages, such as Wolof and Fulfulde, written in the Arabic script. It represents a modified version of the standard Arabic letter feh (ف), distinguished by a single dot placed below the letter and three dots arranged in a triangular or linear formation above it. This diacritic combination indicates a unique consonant sound, typically a voiced bilabial fricative or glide, phonetic notations that do not exist in Classical Arabic. The character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block, introduced in Unicode 6.1 to support the accurate representation of regional orthographies, allowing for precise digital communication and preservation of these languages' written traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+08A4
Version Added 6.1
Name Arabic Letter Feh with Dot Below and Three Dots Above
Block Arabic Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࢤ
HTML Hex Encoding ࢤ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA2 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x08A4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000008A4
C/C++/Java Escape \u08a4

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 Dual Joining
Joining Group Feh
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