U+08DC "ࣜ" Arabic Small High Word An-Nisf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࣜ
U+08DC "ࣜ" Arabic Small High Word An-Nisf is a diacritical mark used in certain Arabic script contexts, particularly in Quranic and religious manuscripts, to indicate the word "an-nisf" meaning "the half" when written as a small high annotation above or near the base text. This character belongs to the Arabic Extended-A block and serves as a specialized notation, often appearing alongside other Quranic symbols to denote half verses or specific divisions in recitation. Its design features a small, elevated Arabic script form that integrates with the surrounding text without altering the primary reading, preserving the flow of the written word while providing a subtle guide for textual segmentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08DC |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Arabic Small High Word An-Nisf |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08dc |