U+06B6 "ڶ" Arabic Letter Lam with Dot Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+06B6 "ڶ" Arabic Letter Lam with Dot Above is a specific variant of the Arabic letter Lam, distinguished by a single dot placed above the main character. This letter is utilized in certain extended Arabic alphabets to represent a distinct phonetic sound, often a voiced or retroflex equivalent of the standard Arabic lam, and it appears in languages such as Saraiki, where it denotes a retroflex lateral sound. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent digital representation across systems, preserving the unique orthographic needs of these languages within the broader Arabic script.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+06B6
Name
Arabic Letter Lam with Dot Above
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ڶ
HTML Hex Encoding
ڶ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDA 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06B6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006B6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06b6
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Arabic