This is the Unicode character ARABIC DAMMA, code point U+064F (decimal 1615) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ُ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D9 8F.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+064F |
| Decimal | 1615 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D9 8F |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 064F |
| UTF-32 | 0000064F |
| HTML decimal | ُ |
| HTML hex | ُ |
| CSS | \64F |
| JavaScript | \u064F |
| JSON | \u064F |
| Python | \u064F |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC DAMMA} |
| Java, C# | \u064F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{64F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u064F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D9%8F |
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 DAMMA |
| Code point | U+064F (decimal 1615) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Inherited |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 31 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arabic
- ه U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh
- و U+0648 Arabic Letter Waw
- ى U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
- ي U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
- U+064B Arabic Fathatan
- U+064C Arabic Dammatan
- U+064D Arabic Kasratan
- U+064E Arabic Fatha
- U+0650 Arabic Kasra
- U+0651 Arabic Shadda
- U+0652 Arabic Sukun
- U+0653 Arabic Maddah Above
- U+0654 Arabic Hamza Above
- U+0655 Arabic Hamza Below
- U+0656 Arabic Subscript Alef
- U+0657 Arabic Inverted Damma
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ARABIC DAMMA?
- Use ُ (decimal) or ُ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+064F?
- D9 8F (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D9%8F.
- How do I write U+064F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u064F. Python: \u064F.
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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