U+06D1 "ۑ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Three Dots Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ۑ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+06D1 "ۑ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Three Dots Below is a distinctive variant of the Arabic letter yeh, primarily used in certain African orthographies for languages such as Hausa, Fulfulde, and Kanuri to represent a specific sound, typically a voiced palatal implosive or a similar phoneme not found in standard Arabic. This character is formed by adding three dots beneath the base yeh shape, distinguishing it from other yeh variants like the one with three dots above. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Arabic block, enabling digital representation and text processing for languages that require this specialized letter in their writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point
U+06D1
Name
Arabic Letter Yeh with Three Dots Below
Unicode 1.0 Name
Arabic Letter Ya with Three Dots Below

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ۑ
HTML Hex Encoding
ۑ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDB 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06D1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006D1
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06d1