Unicode Character "ٖ" (U+0656)

The character ٖ (ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0656. It is encoded in the Arabic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 4.0 (April, 2003). It is HTML encoded as ٖ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF
Unicode Codepoint U+0656
Unicode Version 4.0 (April, 2003)
Block Arabic
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Nonspacing Mark (NSM)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Nonspacing Mark
Script Arabic
Combining Class Below

U+0656 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ٖ
HTML (hex) ٖ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D9%96
CSS \0656
JavaScript \u{0656}
JSON \u0656
C, C++ \U00000656
Java \u0656
Python \U00000656
Rust \u{0656}
Ruby \u{0656}

How to type "ٖ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 5 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 5 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD9 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0656
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000656

References