U+0704 "܄" Syriac Sublinear Colon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0704 "܄" Syriac Sublinear Colon is a diacritical mark used in the Syriac script, where it appears beneath a letter to indicate a pause or a break in speech, similar to a comma or a short stop in modern punctuation systems. It is part of the Syriac block of Unicode, which encodes characters necessary for writing the Syriac language and its liturgical dialects, such as Syriac and Assyrian Neo Aramaic. This sublinear colon is distinct from other Syriac punctuation because it is placed below the baseline, helping to structure text without interfering with the main consonantal line of writing.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0704
Name
Syriac Sublinear Colon
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
܄
HTML Hex Encoding
܄
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDC 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0704
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000704
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0704
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Syriac