Unicode Character "ء" (U+0621)

The character ء (Arabic Letter Hamza) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0621. It is encoded in the Arabic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ء.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Arabic Letter Hamza
Unicode Codepoint U+0621
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Arabic
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Arabic Letter (AL)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Arabic
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0621 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ء
HTML (hex) ء
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D8%A1
CSS \000621
JavaScript, JSON \u0621
C, C++, Java \u0621
Python \u0621
Rust \u{0621}
Ruby \u0621

How to type "ء"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 2 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 2 1. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ء
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ء
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ء
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD8 0xA1
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0621
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000621

Characters based on "ء" (U+0621)

References