U+08CF "࣏" Arabic Large Round Dot Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+08CF "࣏" Arabic Large Round Dot Below is a diacritical mark used in Arabic script to modify the pronunciation of a base letter by indicating a specific phonetic quality such as emphasis, length, or a distinct vowel sound, depending on the orthographic tradition in which it appears. It belongs to the Extended Arabic block and is positioned beneath the consonant it accompanies, functioning as a non-spacing combining mark that integrates seamlessly with preceding characters during text rendering. This character, like many Arabic diacritics, supports precise representation of Quranic and scholarly texts, though its usage is less common than standard vowel markers like fatha or kasra, and it may appear in historical or regional variant forms of Arabic writing. Its encoded presence ensures interoperability across digital platforms for specialized linguistic and religious documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+08CF
Version Added 14.0
Name Arabic Large Round Dot Below
Block Arabic Extended-A
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Below
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࣏
HTML Hex Encoding ࣏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA3 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x08CF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000008CF
C/C++/Java Escape \u08cf

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 Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Modifier Combining Mark Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend