Unicode Character "ب" (U+0628)

The character ب (Arabic Letter Beh) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0628. 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 ب.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Arabic Letter Beh
Unicode Codepoint U+0628
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+0628 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ب
HTML (hex) ب
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D8%A8
CSS \000628
JavaScript, JSON \u0628
C, C++, Java \u0628
Python \u0628
Rust \u{0628}
Ruby \u0628

How to type "ب"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 2 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 2 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD8 0xA8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0628
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000628

Characters based on "ب" (U+0628)

References