U+069D "ڝ" Arabic Letter Sad with Two Dots Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ڝ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+069D "ڝ" Arabic Letter Sad with Two Dots Below is a modified letter from the Arabic script, specifically derived from the standard letter Ṣād (ص) by adding two dots beneath it. This character is used primarily in certain historical or regional orthographies of the Arabic alphabet, particularly in languages like Hausa, where it represents a distinct sound, often the voiceless palatal fricative or a similar phoneme not found in standard Arabic. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of these linguistic traditions, allowing for proper text rendering and preservation of written heritage in fields such as linguistics and religious studies.

General Properties

Code Point
U+069D
Name
Arabic Letter Sad with Two Dots Below

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ڝ
HTML Hex Encoding
ڝ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDA 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding
0x069D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000069D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u069d