U+08B0 "" Arabic Letter Gaf with Inverted Stroke Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+08B0 "" Arabic Letter Gaf with Inverted Stroke is a specific letter used in the Arabic script, primarily found in certain African languages such as the Berber languages of North Africa, where it represents a variant of the sound /g/ or /ɡ/ that differs from the standard Arabic letter kaf (ك) or gaf (گ). This character features a distinctive inverted stroke above the base letter form, setting it apart visually and phonetically from similar letters in the Arabic alphabet. It is encoded in the Unicode standard to support the accurate digital representation of these languages, ensuring proper rendering and text processing in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point
U+08B0
Name
Arabic Letter Gaf with Inverted Stroke

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ࢰ
HTML Hex Encoding
ࢰ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA2 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x08B0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000008B0
C/C++/Java Escape
\u08b0