Unicode Character "و" (U+0648)

The character و (Arabic Letter Waw) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0648. 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 و.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Arabic Letter Waw
Unicode Codepoint U+0648
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+0648 Conversion

HTML (decimal) و
HTML (hex) و
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D9%88
CSS \000648
JavaScript, JSON \u0648
C, C++, Java \u0648
Python \u0648
Rust \u{0648}
Ruby \u0648

How to type "و"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 4 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 4 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD9 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0648
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000648

Characters based on "و" (U+0648)

References