U+0601 "" Arabic Sign Sanah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0601 "" Arabic Sign Sanah is a historical typographic symbol used in Arabic script to indicate the end of a year, functioning similarly to a year mark or space filler in calendrical and astronomical texts. It appears as a small, stylized glyph resembling a floral or ornamental node, and it is classified as a subtle, non-spacing diacritic within the Arabic block of the Unicode standard. This character was primarily employed in medieval manuscripts to separate years in chronological records or to denote a completed annual cycle, reflecting the cultural need for clear, visual boundaries in written timekeeping.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0601
Name
Arabic Sign Sanah
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
؁
HTML Hex Encoding
؁
UTF-8 Encoding
0xD8 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0601
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000601
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0601
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Arabic