U+06C6 "ۆ" Arabic Letter Oe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ۆ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+06C6 "ۆ" Arabic Letter Oe is a distinct glyph used in the Arabic script to represent a specific vowel sound, primarily in languages such as Uyghur, Kurdish, and some other Central Asian or Turkic languages that employ the Arabic alphabet. Unlike standard Arabic letters, this character denotes a rounded back vowel sound similar to the "o" or "œ" in English and French, functioning as a vowel letter rather than a consonant. It is encoded in the Unicode standard to support accurate digital representation and text processing for these languages, ensuring that the unique phonetic requirements of non-Arabic languages using the Arabic script are properly addressed.

General Properties

Code Point
U+06C6
Name
Arabic Letter Oe
Unicode 1.0 Name
Arabic Letter Waw with Small V

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ۆ
HTML Hex Encoding
ۆ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDB 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06C6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006C6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06c6