Unicode Character "ـ" (U+0640)

The character ـ (ARABIC TATWEEL) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0640. 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 ـ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name ARABIC TATWEEL
Unicode Codepoint U+0640
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 Modifier Letter
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0640 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ـ
HTML (hex) ـ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D9%80
CSS \0640
JavaScript \u{0640}
JSON \u0640
C, C++ \U00000640
Java \u0640
Python \U00000640
Rust \u{0640}
Ruby \u{0640}

How to type "ـ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 4 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 4 0. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD9 0x80
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0640
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000640

Characters based on "ـ" (U+0640)

References