Unicode Character "ـ" U+0640 Arabic Tatweel

Unicode Version 15.1

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Summary

The unicode character "ـ" at code point U+0640 is Arabic Tatweel. It is a character in the Arabic block and is part of the Common script. The character is a modifier letter. The UTF-8 encoding of "ـ" is 0xD9 0x80 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0640.

General Properties

Code Point U+0640
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Tatweel
Block Arabic
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ـ
HTML Hex Encoding ـ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD9 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0640
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000640
C/C++/Java Escape \u0640

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 Join Causing
Line Break Alphabetic
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Common
Script Extensions Adlam Arabic Mandaic Manichaean Old Uyghur Psalter Pahlavi Hanifi Rohingya Sogdian Syriac
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Extender Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter