U+08E5 "ࣥ" Arabic Curly Damma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ࣥ
U+08E5 "ࣥ" Arabic Curly Damma is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script to indicate the short vowel sound /u/, similar to the standard Arabic Damma but distinguished by its curled or looped shape in certain manuscripts and orthographic traditions. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and is typically applied as a combining mark placed above an Arabic letter, serving to clarify vowel pronunciation in phonetic contexts or in religious and academic texts where precise vocalization is required. Its design and usage reflect historical variations in Arabic calligraphy and modern encoding needs for digital representation of specialized Arabic script features.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08E5 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Arabic Curly Damma |
| 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 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08e5 |