This is the Unicode character ARABIC SMALL HIGH MADDA, code point U+06E4 (decimal 1764) in the Arabic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ۤ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes DB A4.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+06E4 |
| Decimal | 1764 |
| UTF-8 bytes | DB A4 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 06E4 |
| UTF-32 | 000006E4 |
| HTML decimal | ۤ |
| HTML hex | ۤ |
| CSS | \6E4 |
| JavaScript | \u06E4 |
| JSON | \u06E4 |
| Python | \u06E4 |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC SMALL HIGH MADDA} |
| Java, C# | \u06E4 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{6E4} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u06E4 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %DB%A4 |
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 MADDA |
| Code point | U+06E4 (decimal 1764) |
| 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
- 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
- U+06E1 Arabic Small High Dotless Head Of Khah
- U+06E2 Arabic Small High Meem Isolated Form
- U+06E3 Arabic Small Low Seen
- ۥ U+06E5 Arabic Small Waw
- ۦ U+06E6 Arabic Small Yeh
- U+06E7 Arabic Small High Yeh
- U+06E8 Arabic Small High Noon
- ۩ U+06E9 Arabic Place Of Sajdah
- U+06EA Arabic Empty Centre Low Stop
- U+06EB Arabic Empty Centre High Stop
- U+06EC Arabic Rounded High Stop With Filled Centre
All 256 characters: Arabic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ARABIC SMALL HIGH MADDA?
- Use ۤ (decimal) or ۤ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+06E4?
- DB A4 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %DB%A4.
- How do I write U+06E4 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u06E4. Python: \u06E4.
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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