U+06E5 "ۥ" Arabic Small Waw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+06E5 "ۥ" Arabic Small Waw is a diacritical mark used in Arabic script, specifically representing a superscript or small form of the letter waw. It primarily functions as a phonetic indicator in certain Arabic dialects and Quranic notation, often denoting a longer vowel sound or syllabic adjustment without being a full letter. This character is not typically used in standard modern Arabic writing but appears in specialized contexts like religious texts or linguistic transcriptions to guide pronunciation, and it is encoded in the Unicode block for Arabic to ensure proper representation in digital typography.
General Properties
Code Point
U+06E5
Name
Arabic Small Waw
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ۥ
HTML Hex Encoding
ۥ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDB 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06E5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006E5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06e5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Arabic