U+FBB9 "" Arabic Symbol Three Dots Pointing Downwards Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FBB9 "" Arabic Symbol Three Dots Pointing Downwards Below is primarily used in Arabic textual contexts as a diacritical or annotation mark, representing three dots arranged in a downward-pointing triangular formation and positioned beneath a base letter. This character is part of the Unicode block dedicated to Arabic Presentation Forms-A, which contains various contextual glyph shapes and symbols intended to reflect the rich calligraphic and orthographic traditions of the Arabic script. Its specific typographic purpose is to serve as a phonetic or grammatical diacritic in certain scholarly, pedagogical, or religious texts, often indicating a subtle pronunciation detail or a textual variant, though it is not a standard component of everyday Arabic writing.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FBB9
Name
Arabic Symbol Three Dots Pointing Downwards Below

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
﮹
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xAE 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFBB9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FBB9
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufbb9