Unicode Character "ء" U+0621 Arabic Letter Hamza
Unicode Version 15.1
ء
Summary
The unicode character "ء" at code point U+0621 is Arabic Letter Hamza. It is a character in the Arabic block and is part of the Arabic script. The character is an other letter. The UTF-8 encoding of "ء" is 0xD8 0xA1 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0621.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0621 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Hamza |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Hamzah |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ء |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ء |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0621 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000621 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0621 |