U+10D6B "饜但" Garay Combining Dot Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10D6B "饜但" Garay Combining Dot Above is a diacritical mark designed for use with the Garay script, a writing system historically used to transcribe the Wolof language of West Africa, particularly Senegal and Gambia. This combining character is placed above a base Garay letter to modify its phonetic value, playing a crucial role in accurately representing the tonal or vowel qualities of the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard at this specific code point ensures that digital text in the Garay script can be rendered correctly, preserving the orthographic distinctions necessary for proper reading and writing. As part of the larger Garay block, this combining dot helps maintain the linguistic precision required for scholarly, cultural, and modern written communication in Wolof.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐵫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐵫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0xB5 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD803 0xDD6B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010D6B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud803\udd6b |
Unicode Properties