U+08C4 "ࣄ" Arabic Letter African Qaf with Three Dots Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+08C4 "ࣄ" Arabic Letter African Qaf with Three Dots Above is a specialized Arabic script character used in certain West African languages, such as Hausa, Fulfulde, and Songhay, to represent a distinct velar or uvular stop sound that differs from the standard Arabic qaf (ق). This letter extends the Arabic script to accommodate phonetic features unique to Sub-Saharan African languages, where the three dots above the base qaf shape indicate a modified pronunciation, often resembling a voiceless or ejective variant. It belongs to the Arabic Extended-B block and facilitates accurate orthographic representation in Islamic and scholarly texts across the Sahel region, helping to preserve linguistic diversity while maintaining the visual integrity of the Arabic writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ࣄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ࣄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xA3 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x08C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000008C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u08c4 |
Unicode Properties