U+08F0 "ࣰ" Arabic Open Fathatan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+08F0 "ࣰ" Arabic Open Fathatan is a combining diacritical mark used in the Arabic script to represent a variant of the nunation or tanwin diacritic, specifically an open "fatha" form with a double fatḥah indicating the indefinite accusative case or adverbial ending, typical in Quranic and certain classical Arabic orthographies. It appears as a small, open superscript symbol placed above an Arabic letter, distinguishing it from the standard fatḥatan which has a closed or looped shape. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and is employed in the precise transcription of Arabic vocalization, particularly in the recitation of the Quran where it denotes a nasalized or prolonged pronunciation of the final -an sound. Its correct rendering relies on appropriate font support and text processing systems that respect the complex bidirectional and combining character behavior of Arabic script.

General Properties

Code Point U+08F0
Version Added 6.1
Name Arabic Open Fathatan
Block Arabic Extended-A
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class CCC27
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ࣰ
HTML Hex Encoding ࣰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA3 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x08F0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000008F0
C/C++/Java Escape \u08f0

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend