This is the Unicode character ARABIC CURLY KASRA, code point U+08E6 (decimal 2278) in the Arabic Extended-A block, added in Unicode 6.1. In HTML write ࣦ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A3 A6.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+08E6 |
| Decimal | 2278 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A3 A6 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 08E6 |
| UTF-32 | 000008E6 |
| HTML decimal | ࣦ |
| HTML hex | ࣦ |
| CSS | \8E6 |
| JavaScript | \u08E6 |
| JSON | \u08E6 |
| Python | \u08E6 |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC CURLY KASRA} |
| Java, C# | \u08E6 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{8E6} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u08E6 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A3%A6 |
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 CURLY KASRA |
| Code point | U+08E6 (decimal 2278) |
| Block | Arabic Extended-A (U+08A0–U+08FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 220 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.1 |
Nearby in Arabic Extended-A
- U+08DE Arabic Small High Word Qif
- U+08DF Arabic Small High Word Waqfa
- U+08E0 Arabic Small High Footnote Marker
- U+08E1 Arabic Small High Sign Safha
- U+08E2 Arabic Disputed End Of Ayah
- U+08E3 Arabic Turned Damma Below
- U+08E4 Arabic Curly Fatha
- U+08E5 Arabic Curly Damma
- U+08E7 Arabic Curly Fathatan
- U+08E8 Arabic Curly Dammatan
- U+08E9 Arabic Curly Kasratan
- U+08EA Arabic Tone One Dot Above
- U+08EB Arabic Tone Two Dots Above
- U+08EC Arabic Tone Loop Above
- U+08ED Arabic Tone One Dot Below
- U+08EE Arabic Tone Two Dots Below
All 96 characters: Arabic Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ARABIC CURLY KASRA?
- Use ࣦ (decimal) or ࣦ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+08E6?
- E0 A3 A6 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A3%A6.
- How do I write U+08E6 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u08E6. Python: \u08E6.
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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