Unicode Character "ָ" U+05B8 Hebrew Point Qamats

Unicode Version 15.1

ָ

Summary

The unicode character "ָ" at code point U+05B8 is Hebrew Point Qamats. It is a character in the Hebrew block and is part of the Hebrew script. The character is a nonspacing mark. The UTF-8 encoding of "ָ" is 0xD6 0xB8 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x05B8.

General Properties

Code Point U+05B8
Version Added 1.1
Name Hebrew Point Qamats
Block Hebrew
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class CCC18
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ָ
HTML Hex Encoding ָ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD6 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x05B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000005B8
C/C++/Java Escape \u05b8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Hebrew
Script Extensions Hebrew
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend