U+08AD "ࢭ" Arabic Letter Low Alef Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+08AD "ࢭ" Arabic Letter Low Alef is a rarely used Arabic script character employed primarily for the phonetic transcription of certain Arabic dialects and other languages using a modified Arabic alphabet. It represents a low or open version of the sound typically denoted by the standard Arabic letter Alef, often accompanying a fatha diacritic to indicate a more open articulation of the vowel. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block, which includes additional letters for non-standard Arabic orthographies. It is distinct from the regular Arabic Alef in that its written form places the letter at a lower position relative to the baseline of the text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08AD |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Low Alef |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࢭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࢭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA2 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08ad |