U+08A8 "ࢨ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Two Dots Below and Hamza Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+08A8 "ࢨ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Two Dots Below and Hamza Above is a specialized character used in the extended Arabic script, primarily for writing certain African languages such as Hausa, Fulfulde, or Wolof, where it represents a distinct sound not covered by standard Arabic letters. This character combines a base Yeh form (which typically denotes a long vowel or consonant) with two dots placed below the letter and a hamza above, indicating a modified pronunciation involving a glottal stop or a specific pharyngealized consonant. Its inclusion in Unicode supports accurate digital representation and typography for minority languages, facilitating proper text rendering, searchability, and linguistic preservation in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08A8 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Yeh with Two Dots Below and Hamza Above |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࢨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࢨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA2 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08a8 |