U+08DB "ࣛ" Arabic Small High Word as-Sajda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࣛ
U+08DB "ࣛ" Arabic Small High Word as-Sajda is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, specifically within Quranic orthography, to indicate a recommended prostration (sajda) during recitation. This small, raised symbol appears above the text, typically at the end of a verse where a prostration is encouraged or required, serving as a visual cue for the reader. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of religious texts, allowing for proper rendering in electronic formats while preserving the traditional typographic convention of marking these significant moments for worship.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08DB |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Arabic Small High Word as-Sajda |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08DB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008DB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08db |