ࢼ is the Unicode character ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF, code point U+08BC (decimal 2236) in the Arabic Extended-A block, added in Unicode 9.0. In HTML write ࢼ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A2 BC.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+08BC |
| Decimal | 2236 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A2 BC |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 08BC |
| UTF-32 | 000008BC |
| HTML decimal | ࢼ |
| HTML hex | ࢼ |
| CSS | \8BC |
| JavaScript | \u08BC |
| JSON | \u08BC |
| Python | \u08BC |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF} |
| Java, C# | \u08BC |
| Rust, Swift | \u{8BC} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u08BC |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A2%BC |
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 AFRICAN QAF |
| Code point | U+08BC (decimal 2236) |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A (U+08A0–U+08FF) |
| 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 | 9.0 |
Nearby in Arabic Extended-A
- ࢴ U+08B4 Arabic Letter Kaf With Dot Below
- ࢵ U+08B5 Arabic Letter Qaf With Dot Below And No Dots Above
- ࢶ U+08B6 Arabic Letter Beh With Small Meem Above
- ࢷ U+08B7 Arabic Letter Peh With Small Meem Above
- ࢸ U+08B8 Arabic Letter Teh With Small Teh Above
- ࢹ U+08B9 Arabic Letter Reh With Small Noon Above
- ࢺ U+08BA Arabic Letter Yeh With Two Dots Below And Small Noon Above
- ࢻ U+08BB Arabic Letter African Feh
- ࢽ U+08BD Arabic Letter African Noon
- ࢾ U+08BE Arabic Letter Peh With Small V
- ࢿ U+08BF Arabic Letter Teh With Small V
- ࣀ U+08C0 Arabic Letter Tteh With Small V
- ࣁ U+08C1 Arabic Letter Tcheh With Small V
- ࣂ U+08C2 Arabic Letter Keheh With Small V
- ࣃ U+08C3 Arabic Letter Ghain With Three Dots Above
- ࣄ U+08C4 Arabic Letter African Qaf With Three Dots Above
All 96 characters: Arabic Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ࢼ?
- Use ࢼ (decimal) or ࢼ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+08BC?
- E0 A2 BC (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A2%BC.
- How do I write U+08BC in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u08BC. Python: \u08BC.
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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