U+08B3 "" Arabic Letter Ain with Three Dots Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+08B3 "" Arabic Letter Ain with Three Dots Below is a specialized Arabic script character used primarily for writing certain African languages, such as the Fulani and Hausa languages, where it represents a voiced velar or uvular sound distinct from the standard Arabic letter "Ain". Its design combines the basic shape of the Arabic letter "Ain" with three dots placed below the character to indicate this unique phonetic value, enabling accurate transcription of non-Arabic phonemes in extended Arabic-based orthographies. This character falls within the Unicode block for Arabic Extended-A, which was added to support additional letters needed for minority languages across the Islamic world.

General Properties

Code Point
U+08B3
Name
Arabic Letter Ain with Three Dots Below

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ࢳ
HTML Hex Encoding
ࢳ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA2 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x08B3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000008B3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u08b3