U+08D4 "ࣔ" Arabic Small High Word Ar-Rub Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࣔ
U+08D4 "ࣔ" Arabic Small High Word Ar-Rub is a diacritical mark used in certain Arabic script contexts, specifically for Quranic and religious notation, where it represents the word "Ar-Rub" meaning "the Lord" in a compact form placed above the text to indicate a pause or a devotional invocation. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and is rendered as a small, superscript-like annotation to assist with proper recitation and interpretation of sacred texts, helping readers recognize where to acknowledge the divine name without disrupting the flow of the primary script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08D4 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Arabic Small High Word Ar-Rub |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࣔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࣔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA3 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08D4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008D4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08d4 |