U+FBB8 "﮸" Arabic Symbol Three Dots Pointing Downwards Above Unicode Character

U+FBB8 "﮸" Arabic Symbol Three Dots Pointing Downwards Above is a typographic and diacritical mark used within the Arabic script for specialized textual annotation, such as in Qur'anic recitation or traditional pedagogical contexts, where it can indicate a specific phonetic nuance or editorial correction. Unlike standard Arabic diacritics that modify vowel sounds or consonant length, this symbol consists of three dots arranged in a triangular pattern pointing downward and placed above the base character. Its encoding in the Unicode standard ensures that digital texts, scholarly publications, and liturgical materials can accurately represent this precise marking, preserving the integrity of the written tradition across different software platforms and digital archives.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FBB8
Version Added	6.0
Name	Arabic Symbol Three Dots Pointing Downwards Above
Block	Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category	Modifier Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	﮸
HTML Hex Encoding	﮸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xAE 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFBB8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FBB8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufbb8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Arabic
Script Extensions	Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other