U+08F3 "ࣳ" Arabic Small High Waw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+08F3 "ࣳ" Arabic Small High Waw is a supplementary diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, specifically designed for the Quranic orthography of certain West African languages such as Hausa and Fulfulde. It appears as a small waw positioned above the baseline, functioning as a vowel sign to indicate the long vowel sound /uː/ or to represent the consonant waw in specific phonetic contexts. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and is intended for specialized religious or scholarly texts where precise vocalization is required, rather than for standard modern Arabic writing. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital compatibility for preserving the accurate pronunciation and recitation of sacred texts in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+08F3 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Arabic Small High Waw |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x08F3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000008F3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u08f3 |