ـ is the Unicode character ARABIC TATWEEL, code point U+0640 (decimal 1600) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ـ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D9 80.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0640 |
| Decimal | 1600 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D9 80 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0640 |
| UTF-32 | 00000640 |
| HTML decimal | ـ |
| HTML hex | ـ |
| CSS | \640 |
| JavaScript | \u0640 |
| JSON | \u0640 |
| Python | \u0640 |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC TATWEEL} |
| Java, C# | \u0640 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{640} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0640 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D9%80 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ARABIC TATWEEL |
| Code point | U+0640 (decimal 1600) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Lm: Modifier letter |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arabic
- ظ U+0638 Arabic Letter Zah
- ع U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
- غ U+063A Arabic Letter Ghain
- ػ U+063B Arabic Letter Keheh With Two Dots Above
- ؼ U+063C Arabic Letter Keheh With Three Dots Below
- ؽ U+063D Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh With Inverted V
- ؾ U+063E Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh With Two Dots Above
- ؿ U+063F Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh With Three Dots Above
- ف U+0641 Arabic Letter Feh
- ق U+0642 Arabic Letter Qaf
- ك U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf
- ل U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
- م U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
- ن U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon
- ه U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh
- و U+0648 Arabic Letter Waw
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ـ?
- Use ـ (decimal) or ـ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0640?
- D9 80 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D9%80.
- How do I write U+0640 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0640. Python: \u0640.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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