U+FB30 "אּ" Hebrew Letter Alef with Mapiq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
אּ
U+FB30 "אּ" Hebrew Letter Alef with Mapiq is a presentation form of the Hebrew letter Alef combined with a diacritical dot called a Mapiq, which indicates that the letter is to be pronounced with a strong, glottal stop rather than serving as a silent vowel carrier. This character belongs to the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block of Unicode, where it is encoded as a precomposed ligature for compatibility with older text processing systems. The Mapiq is distinct from a regular dot inside the Alef, as it specifically marks the letter as consonantal, most often appearing in Biblical Hebrew texts or liturgical contexts to ensure precise pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FB30 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Alef with Mapiq |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "א" U+05D0 Hebrew Letter Alef "ּ" U+05BC Hebrew Point Dagesh or Mapiq |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | אּ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | אּ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAC 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFB30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FB30 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufb30 |