U+06B2 "ڲ" Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ڲ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+06B2 "ڲ" Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Below is a variant of the Arabic letter "gaf," which itself is an extended form of the letter "kaf" used to represent the "g" sound in several Arabic-based scripts. This specific form features two dots placed beneath the character, and it is utilized in certain Arabic orthographies for languages such as Urdu and some dialects of Persian or Pashto, where it distinguishes a particular phonetic value, often a voiced velar or uvular fricative or a voiced velar stop, depending on regional conventions. The character belongs to the Arabic block in Unicode and is distinct from other gaf variants like those with dots above or a single dot below, ensuring precise representation of the language's unique sound inventories in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point
U+06B2
Name
Arabic Letter Gaf with Two Dots Below

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ڲ
HTML Hex Encoding
ڲ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDA 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06B2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006B2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06b2