U+075C "ݜ" Arabic Letter Seen with Four Dots Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ݜ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+075C "ݜ" Arabic Letter Seen with Four Dots Above is a modified form of the standard Arabic letter seen (س) that is used in certain languages, most notably in the Shina language spoken in parts of Pakistan and India, as well as in the Burushaski language. This character represents a unique retroflex or palatal fricative sound that is not found in classical Arabic, and its four-dot diacritic distinguishes it from other similar letters like the three-dot versions used for other languages. The inclusion of U+075C in the Unicode standard allows for proper digital representation and text processing of these regional languages, ensuring that writers and speakers can accurately transcribe their phonetic inventory in electronic documents and communications.

General Properties

Code Point
U+075C
Name
Arabic Letter Seen with Four Dots Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ݜ
HTML Hex Encoding
ݜ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDD 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x075C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000075C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u075c