U+08B2 "" Arabic Letter Zain with Inverted V Above Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+08B2 "" Arabic Letter Zain with Inverted V Above is a specialized typographic variant of the Arabic letter Zain, distinguished by a small inverted V-shaped diacritical mark placed above the base character. This glyph is part of the Arabic Extended-A block and is used primarily in certain Quranic orthographies or textual traditions where precise phonetic or recitational guidance is required, particularly to denote a specific pronunciation or a subtle vocalic modification of the letter Zain. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital texts can accurately represent this nuanced letterform, which may appear in religious manuscripts, educational materials, or scholarly transcriptions of early Arabic texts.

General Properties

Code Point
U+08B2
Name
Arabic Letter Zain with Inverted V Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ࢲ
HTML Hex Encoding
ࢲ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA2 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x08B2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000008B2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u08b2