U+08D1 "࣑" Arabic Large Circle Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
࣑
U+08D1 "࣑" Arabic Large Circle Below is a diacritical mark used in extended Arabic script for Quranic and other scholarly texts, primarily to indicate a specific phonetic or orthographic feature, such as a prolongation or a distinct pronunciation of a vowel or consonant. This character resembles a large circular dot positioned beneath the base letter, distinguishing it from similar marks like the small circle or dot below. It forms part of the Arabic Extended-A block, designed to support the precise representation of religious and classical manuscripts, ensuring accurate recitation and textual fidelity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08D1 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Arabic Large Circle 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 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08D1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008D1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08d1 |