This is the Unicode character ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM, code point U+06D8 (decimal 1752) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ۘ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes DB 98.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+06D8 |
| Decimal | 1752 |
| UTF-8 bytes | DB 98 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 06D8 |
| UTF-32 | 000006D8 |
| HTML decimal | ۘ |
| HTML hex | ۘ |
| CSS | \6D8 |
| JavaScript | \u06D8 |
| JSON | \u06D8 |
| Python | \u06D8 |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM} |
| Java, C# | \u06D8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{6D8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u06D8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %DB%98 |
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 SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM |
| Code point | U+06D8 (decimal 1752) |
| Block | Arabic (U+0600–U+06FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 230 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Arabic
- 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
- ۔ U+06D4 Arabic Full Stop
- ە U+06D5 Arabic Letter Ae
- U+06D6 Arabic Small High Ligature Sad With Lam With Alef Maksura
- U+06D7 Arabic Small High Ligature Qaf With Lam With Alef Maksura
- U+06D9 Arabic Small High Lam Alef
- U+06DA Arabic Small High Jeem
- U+06DB Arabic Small High Three Dots
- U+06DC Arabic Small High Seen
- U+06DD Arabic End Of Ayah
- ۞ U+06DE Arabic Start Of Rub El Hizb
- U+06DF Arabic Small High Rounded Zero
- U+06E0 Arabic Small High Upright Rectangular Zero
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM?
- Use ۘ (decimal) or ۘ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+06D8?
- DB 98 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %DB%98.
- How do I write U+06D8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u06D8. Python: \u06D8.
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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