U+FB1E "ﬞ" Hebrew Point Judeo-Spanish Varika Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FB1E "ﬞ" Hebrew Point Judeo-Spanish Varika is a combining diacritical mark used in the Hebrew script, specifically within the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) tradition to modify the pronunciation of a base letter. Historically applied to indicate a soft or spirantized sound, it functions similarly to a rafe but is visually distinct as a short diagonal stroke placed above or beside a consonant. This character is part of the Unicode Alphabetic Presentation Forms block and is employed in liturgical and scholarly texts to preserve the phonetic nuances of Judeo-Spanish, reflecting the linguistic heritage of Sephardic Jewish communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FB1E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Point Judeo-Spanish Varika |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Hebrew Point Varika |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC26 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﬞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﬞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAC 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFB1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FB1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufb1e |