U+06EC "۬" Arabic Rounded High Stop with Filled Centre Unicode Character

U+06EC "۬" Arabic Rounded High Stop with Filled Centre is a diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, specifically within the context of Quranic orthography and certain vocalization traditions. It appears as a small, filled black circle positioned above a letter, functioning as a phonetic or orthographic indicator rather than a standard vowel sign or consonant. Its primary purpose is to denote a specific pronunciation nuance, often related to the stopping or pausing of a glottal sound, particularly in the Warsh or other non-standard recitation styles of the Quran. Unlike more common diacritics like fatha or kasra, this character is rare and specialized, found mainly in religious or scholarly texts where precise phonetic notation is required.