U+08C0 "ࣀ" Arabic Letter Tteh with Small V Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+08C0 "ࣀ" Arabic Letter Tteh with Small V is a specialized letter used in the extended Arabic script, primarily for writing the Sindhi language and other South Asian languages that employ the Arabic alphabet. It represents a retroflex or emphatic dental sound, similar to a hard "t" or "ʈ", with the distinctive "small V" diacritic placed above the base letter "tteh" to modify its pronunciation. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and was added to the Unicode standard to support accurate textual representation of certain sounds that occur in languages like Sindhi, where standard Arabic letters are insufficient. Its inclusion ensures proper digital encoding and display for linguistic and educational materials in these regional scripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+08C0
Version Added 13.0
Name Arabic Letter Tteh with Small V
Block Arabic Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࣀ
HTML Hex Encoding ࣀ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA3 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x08C0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000008C0
C/C++/Java Escape \u08c0

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 Beh
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