U+075D "ݝ" Arabic Letter Ain with Two Dots Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ݝ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+075D "ݝ" Arabic Letter Ain with Two Dots Above is a specialized variant of the Arabic letter ʿAyn, distinguished by two dots placed above the character's main body. Primarily used in a number of African languages written with the Arabic script, such as Fula, Hausa, and Wolof, this letter represents a voiced velar or uvular fricative sound, similar to a hard g, which is not found in standard Arabic. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the accurate digital representation of these languages, ensuring that texts can be properly displayed and processed across different platforms and systems.

General Properties

Code Point
U+075D
Name
Arabic Letter Ain with Two Dots Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ݝ
HTML Hex Encoding
ݝ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDD 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding
0x075D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000075D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u075d