U+066E "ٮ" Arabic Letter Dotless Beh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+066E "ٮ" Arabic Letter Dotless Beh is a typographic variant of the Arabic letter Beh, notable for its complete lack of the single dot that usually distinguishes Beh from other similar letters. This character is used in specific historical Arabic texts, Quranic manuscripts, and certain educational or calligraphic contexts where the dotting is omitted, either due to ancient orthographic conventions or for stylistic simplicity. It functions as a placeholder or base form that can represent several different dotted letters depending on context, and it is considered a distinct Unicode character to allow for precise preservation and display of these unvocalized or undotted writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+066E
Name
Arabic Letter Dotless Beh
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ٮ
HTML Hex Encoding
ٮ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xD9 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x066E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000066E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u066e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Arabic