U+08D7 "ࣗ" Arabic Small High Qaf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+08D7 "ࣗ" Arabic Small High Qaf is a diacritical mark used in certain extended Arabic orthographies, particularly within the Quranic tradition, where it is placed above a base letter to indicate a specific pronunciation or spelling nuance, such as signaling that a letter should be treated as a guttural stop or voiceless uvular plosive in contexts where standard Arabic writing might be ambiguous. It belongs to the Arabic Extended-A block and serves as a phonetic or editorial aid for precise recitation and transcription of classical texts, especially in older manuscripts and modern scholarly editions of the Quran. This small superscript form of the Arabic letter qaf helps preserve the correct articulation of words in liturgical or historical contexts, distinguishing it from similar sounding consonants and ensuring the text’s oral tradition is faithfully maintained.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ࣗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ࣗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xA3 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x08D7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000008D7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u08d7 |
Unicode Properties