U+08A7 "" Arabic Letter Meem with Three Dots Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+08A7 "" Arabic Letter Meem with Three Dots Above is a specialized variant of the Arabic letter Meem used in certain extended Arabic script orthographies, particularly in some West African languages such as Hausa and Fulani, where it represents a distinct phonetic value like the voiced labial-velar approximant or a prenasalized bilabial stop. This character is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and is formed by adding three dots above the standard Meem, a diacritical modification that differentiates it from the basic letter. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing can accurately represent the unique sounds of these African languages, supporting proper writing and reading in their cultural and linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point
U+08A7
Name
Arabic Letter Meem with Three Dots Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ࢧ
HTML Hex Encoding
ࢧ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA2 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding
0x08A7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000008A7
C/C++/Java Escape
\u08a7