U+08EE "࣮" Arabic Tone Two Dots Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+08EE "࣮" Arabic Tone Two Dots Below is a combining diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, specifically for the notation of tone in certain African languages, such as those of the Songhay or Hausa families. It appears as two small dots placed beneath a base letter, indicating a specific tone pattern, typically a low or falling tone, depending on the orthographic convention. This character belongs to the Arabic Extended-A block and supports the phonetic transcription of languages that require tonal distinctions, making it an essential tool for accurate linguistic representation and literacy in those regions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08EE |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Arabic Tone Two Dots Below |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࣮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࣮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA3 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08ee |