U+087B "" Arabic Letter Alef with Attached Top Right Fatha and Dot Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+087B "" Arabic Letter Alef with Attached Top Right Fatha and Dot Above is a specialized script character used in the extended Arabic writing system, primarily found in historic or Quranic orthography. It represents the letter alef combined with a fatha diacritic placed at its top right and an additional dot above, serving to indicate a precise vowel and diacritical marking in certain textual contexts, particularly in manuscripts requiring exact phonetic transcription. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-B block and was introduced to support the accurate encoding of rare or variant Arabic letters that appear in liturgical, educational, or scholarly texts, ensuring digital preservation of nuanced pronunciation and script traditions.

General Properties

Code Point
U+087B
Name
Arabic Letter Alef with Attached Top Right Fatha and Dot Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ࡻ
HTML Hex Encoding
ࡻ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA1 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x087B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000087B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u087b