Unicode Character "ق" (U+0642)

The character ق (ARABIC LETTER QAF) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0642. 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 ق.

Main Unicode Properties

Name ARABIC LETTER QAF
Unicode Codepoint U+0642
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+0642 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ق
HTML (hex) ق
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D9%82
CSS \0642
JavaScript \u{0642}
JSON \u0642
C, C++ \U00000642
Java \u0642
Python \U00000642
Rust \u{0642}
Ruby \u{0642}

How to type "ق"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 4 2. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 4 2. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD9 0x82
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0642
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000642

Characters based on "ق" (U+0642)

References