ۋ is the Unicode character ARABIC LETTER VE, code point U+06CB (decimal 1739) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ۋ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes DB 8B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+06CB |
| Decimal | 1739 |
| UTF-8 bytes | DB 8B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 06CB |
| UTF-32 | 000006CB |
| HTML decimal | ۋ |
| HTML hex | ۋ |
| CSS | \6CB |
| JavaScript | \u06CB |
| JSON | \u06CB |
| Python | \u06CB |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LETTER VE} |
| Java, C# | \u06CB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{6CB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u06CB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %DB%8B |
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 LETTER VE |
| Code point | U+06CB (decimal 1739) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arabic
- ۃ U+06C3 Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta Goal
- ۄ U+06C4 Arabic Letter Waw With Ring
- ۅ U+06C5 Arabic Letter Kirghiz Oe
- ۆ U+06C6 Arabic Letter Oe
- ۇ U+06C7 Arabic Letter U
- ۈ U+06C8 Arabic Letter Yu
- ۉ U+06C9 Arabic Letter Kirghiz Yu
- ۊ U+06CA Arabic Letter Waw With Two Dots Above
- ی U+06CC Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh
- ۍ U+06CD Arabic Letter Yeh With Tail
- ێ U+06CE Arabic Letter Yeh With Small V
- ۏ U+06CF Arabic Letter Waw With Dot Above
- ې U+06D0 Arabic Letter E
- ۑ U+06D1 Arabic Letter Yeh With Three Dots Below
- ے U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree
- ۓ U+06D3 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree With Hamza Above
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ۋ?
- Use ۋ (decimal) or ۋ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+06CB?
- DB 8B (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %DB%8B.
- How do I write U+06CB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u06CB. Python: \u06CB.
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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