U+08FD "" Arabic Right Arrowhead Above with Dot Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+08FD "" Arabic Right Arrowhead Above with Dot is a combining diacritical mark used in the Arabic script, specifically within extended Quranic and scholarly notation. It appears as a small rightward-pointing arrowhead or wedge placed above a base Arabic letter, with a single dot located directly above the arrowhead’s tip. This character functions to indicate a specific phonetic or orthographic variant, often modifying the pronunciation or grammatical role of the letter it accompanies, particularly in traditions of Quranic recitation or historical manuscript annotation. As part of the Arabic Extended-A block, it is intended for use in specialized text processing where precise representation of such diacritics is required for accurate rendering of classical Arabic or related languages.

General Properties

Code Point
U+08FD
Name
Arabic Right Arrowhead Above with Dot

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ࣽ
HTML Hex Encoding
ࣽ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA3 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x08FD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000008FD
C/C++/Java Escape
\u08fd