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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-GB"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <title>Arabic character notes</title> <meta name="description" content="Notes about characters in the Unicode Arabic script blocks."/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../shared/style/docs.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../common28/block-style.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="local.css" /> <script src="../../shared/fontdb/db.js"> </script> <script src="../../shared/fontdb/managefonts.js"></script> <script src="../../shared/code/boilerplate.js"></script> <script src="../../shared/code/toc_2020.js"></script> <script src="../../shared/code/all-names.js"></script> <script src="../../shared/code/show_codepoints.js"></script> <script src="../../shared/code/scriptGroups.js"></script> <script src="../common28/block-functions.js"></script> <script src="../common28/transliterate.js"></script> <script src="../../app-charuse/langs.js"></script> <script src="../../app-charuse/makeCharLangArray.js"></script> <script src="../common28/egcode.js"></script> <script src="../common28/references.js"></script> <script src="refs.js"></script>  <script src="arb-examples.js"></script> <script src="ur-examples.js"></script> <script src="pes-examples.js"></script> <script src="ha-examples.js"></script> <script src="ks-examples.js"></script> <script src="ug-examples.js"></script> <script src="../../uniview/descriptions.js"></script> <script src="arb-translit.js"> </script> <script src="pes-translit.js"> </script> <script src="ha-translit.js"> </script> <script src="ug-translit.js"> </script> <script src="ur-translit.js"> </script> <script src="ks-translit.js"> </script> <style id="includeStyles"></style> </head> <body> <header> <div id="header-boilerplate"></div> <script>document.getElementById('header-boilerplate').innerHTML = bp_header('/shared/images/world.gif','docs');</script> </header> <h1>Arabic character notes</h1> <nav id="top"></nav> <aside class="sidebar"> <nav> <h2 class="notoc flush" id="tochead">Contents</h2> <div id="toc"></div> <div class="noprint"> <h2 class="notoc" id="links">Related links</h2> <p><a href="index">Arabic script summary</a></p> <p><a href="../links?script=arabic" target="_blank">Arabic script links</a></p> </div> </nav> <div id="fontsetting" class="closed"> </div> </aside> <div id="intro"> <p id="status"><span id="versionTop"></span></p> <p>This page lists characters in the following Unicode blocks and gathers information about them from various sources. </p> <ul> <li><a href="/uniview/?block=arabic" target="_blank">Arabic block</a></li> <li><a href="/uniview/?block=arabic_supplement" target="_blank">Arabic Supplement</a></li> <li><a href="/uniview/?block=arabic_extended-a" target="_blank">Arabic Extended-A</a></li> </ul> <p>See also the companion document, <a href="." class="linkHighlight">Arabic</a>, for a summary of the Arabic script and its use for the Modern Standard Arabic language. For summaries of other orthographies based on the Arabic script see <a class="linkHighlight" href="hausa.html">Hausa</a>, <a class="linkHighlight" href="kashmiri.html">Kashimiri</a>, <a class="linkHighlight" href="urdu.html">Urdu</a>, and <a class="linkHighlight" href="uighur.html">Uighur</a>.</p> <details> <summary class="instructions"><a href="../links?iso=Arab">Related pages</a>.</summary> </details> <details> <summary class="supportdocs instructions"><a href="../#charnotes">Other character notes</a>.</summary> </details> <details class="supportdocs noprint"> <summary class="instructions"><a href="" onClick="showAbout(); return false;">About this page</a></summary> <div id="about"></div> </details> </div> <section id="arabic"> <h2>Arabic block</h2> <div class="character" id="char0600"></div> <div class="character" id="char0601"></div> <div class="character" id="char0602"></div> <div class="character" id="char0603"></div> <div class="character" id="char0604"></div> <div class="character" id="char0605"></div> <div class="character" id="char0606"></div> <div class="character" id="char0607"></div> <div class="character" id="char0608"></div> <div class="character" id="char0609"></div> <div class="character" id="char060A"></div> <div class="character" id="char060B"></div> <div class="character" id="char060C"></div> <div class="character" id="char060D"></div> <div class="character" id="char060E"></div> <div class="character" id="char060F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0610"></div> <div class="character" id="char0611"></div> <div class="character" id="char0612"></div> <div class="character" id="char0613"></div> <div class="character" id="char0614"></div> <div class="character" id="char0615"></div> <div class="character" id="char0616"></div> <div class="character" id="char0617"></div> <div class="character" id="char0618"></div> <div class="character" id="char0619"></div> <div class="character" id="char061A"></div> <div class="character" id="char061B"></div> <div class="character" id="char061C"></div> <div class="character" id="char061E"></div> <div class="character" id="char061F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0620"></div> <div class="character" id="char0621"></div> <div class="character" id="char0622"></div> <div class="character" id="char0623"></div> <div class="character" id="char0624"></div> <div class="character" id="char0625"></div> <div class="character" id="char0626"></div> <div class="character" id="char0627"></div> <div class="character" id="char0628"></div> <div class="character" id="char0629"></div> <div class="character" id="char062A"></div> <div class="character" id="char062B"></div> <div class="character" id="char062C"></div> <div class="character" id="char062D"></div> <div class="character" id="char062E"></div> <div class="character" id="char062F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0630"></div> <div class="character" id="char0631"></div> <div class="character" id="char0632"></div> <div class="character" id="char0633"></div> <div class="character" id="char0634"></div> <div class="character" id="char0635"></div> <div class="character" id="char0636"></div> <div class="character" id="char0637"></div> <div class="character" id="char0638"></div> <div class="character" id="char0639"></div> <div class="character" id="char063A"></div> <div class="character" id="char063B"></div> <div class="character" id="char063C"></div> <div class="character" id="char063D"></div> <div class="character" id="char063E"></div> <div class="character" id="char063F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0640"></div> <div class="character" id="char0641"></div> <div class="character" id="char0642"></div> <div class="character" id="char0643"></div> <div class="character" id="char0644"></div> <div class="character" id="char0645"></div> <div class="character" id="char0646"></div> <div class="character" id="char0647"></div> <div class="character" id="char0648"></div> <div class="character" id="char0649"></div> <div class="character" id="char064A"></div> <div class="character" id="char064B"></div> <div class="character" id="char064C"></div> <div class="character" id="char064D"></div> <div class="character" id="char064E"></div> <div class="character" id="char064F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0650"></div> <div class="character" id="char0651"></div> <div class="character" id="char0652"></div> <div class="character" id="char0653"></div> <div class="character" id="char0654"></div> <div class="character" id="char0655"></div> <div class="character" id="char0656"></div> <div class="character" id="char0657"></div> <div class="character" id="char0658"></div> <div class="character" id="char0659"></div> <div class="character" id="char065A"></div> <div class="character" id="char065B"></div> <div class="character" id="char065C"></div> <div class="character" id="char065D"></div> <div class="character" id="char065E"></div> <div class="character" id="char065F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0660"></div> <div class="character" id="char0661"></div> <div class="character" id="char0662"></div> <div class="character" id="char0663"></div> <div class="character" id="char0664"></div> <div class="character" id="char0665"></div> <div class="character" id="char0666"></div> <div class="character" id="char0667"></div> <div class="character" id="char0668"></div> <div class="character" id="char0669"></div> <div class="character" id="char066A"></div> <div class="character" id="char066B"></div> <div class="character" id="char066C"></div> <div class="character" id="char066D"></div> <div class="character" id="char066E"></div> <div class="character" id="char066F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0670"></div> <div class="character" id="char0671"></div> <div class="character" id="char0672"></div> <div class="character" id="char0673"></div> <div class="character" id="char0674"></div> <div class="character" id="char0675"></div> <div class="character" id="char0676"></div> <div class="character" id="char0677"></div> <div class="character" id="char0678"></div> <div class="character" id="char0679"></div> <div class="character" id="char067A"></div> <div class="character" id="char067B"></div> <div class="character" id="char067C"></div> <div class="character" id="char067D"></div> <div class="character" id="char067E"></div> <div class="character" id="char067F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0680"></div> <div class="character" id="char0681"></div> <div class="character" id="char0682"></div> <div class="character" id="char0683"></div> <div class="character" id="char0684"></div> <div class="character" id="char0685"></div> <div class="character" id="char0686"></div> <div class="character" id="char0687"></div> <div class="character" id="char0688"></div> <div class="character" id="char0689"></div> <div class="character" id="char068A"></div> <div class="character" id="char068B"></div> <div class="character" id="char068C"></div> <div class="character" id="char068D"></div> <div class="character" id="char068E"></div> <div class="character" id="char068F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0690"></div> <div class="character" id="char0691"></div> <div class="character" id="char0692"></div> <div class="character" id="char0693"></div> <div class="character" id="char0694"></div> <div class="character" id="char0695"></div> <div class="character" id="char0696"></div> <div class="character" id="char0697"></div> <div class="character" id="char0698"></div> <div class="character" id="char0699"></div> <div class="character" id="char069A"></div> <div class="character" id="char069B"></div> <div class="character" id="char069C"></div> <div class="character" id="char069D"></div> <div class="character" id="char069E"></div> <div class="character" id="char069F"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A0"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A1"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A2"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A3"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A4"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A5"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A6"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A7"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A8"></div> <div class="character" id="char06A9"></div> <div class="character" id="char06AA"></div> <div class="character" id="char06AB"></div> <div class="character" id="char06AC"></div> <div class="character" id="char06AD"></div> <div class="character" id="char06AE"></div> <div class="character" id="char06AF"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B0"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B1"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B2"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B3"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B4"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B5"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B6"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B7"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B8"></div> <div class="character" id="char06B9"></div> <div class="character" id="char06BA"></div> <div class="character" id="char06BB"></div> <div class="character" id="char06BC"></div> <div class="character" id="char06BD"></div> <div class="character" id="char06BE"></div> <div class="character" id="char06BF"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C0"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C1"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C2"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C3"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C4"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C5"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C6"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C7"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C8"></div> <div class="character" id="char06C9"></div> <div class="character" id="char06CA"></div> <div class="character" id="char06CB"></div> <div class="character" id="char06CC"></div> <div class="character" id="char06CD"></div> <div class="character" id="char06CE"></div> <div class="character" id="char06CF"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D0"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D1"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D2"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D3"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D4"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D5"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D6"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D7"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D8"></div> <div class="character" id="char06D9"></div> <div class="character" id="char06DA"></div> <div class="character" id="char06DB"></div> <div class="character" id="char06DC"></div> <div class="character" id="char06DD"></div> <div class="character" id="char06DE"></div> <div class="character" id="char06DF"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E0"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E1"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E2"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E3"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E4"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E5"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E6"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E7"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E8"></div> <div class="character" id="char06E9"></div> <div class="character" id="char06EA"></div> <div class="character" id="char06EB"></div> <div class="character" id="char06EC"></div> <div class="character" id="char06ED"></div> <div class="character" id="char06EE"></div> <div class="character" id="char06EF"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F0"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F1"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F2"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F3"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F4"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F5"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F6"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F7"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F8"></div> <div class="character" id="char06F9"></div> <div class="character" id="char06FA"></div> <div class="character" id="char06FB"></div> <div class="character" id="char06FC"></div> <div class="character" id="char06FD"></div> <div class="character" id="char06FE"></div> <div class="character" id="char06FF"></div> </section> <section id="supplement"> <h2>Arabic supplement</h2> <div class="character" id="char0750"></div> <div class="character" id="char0751"></div> <div class="character" id="char0752"></div> <div class="character" id="char0753"></div> <div class="character" id="char0754"></div> <div class="character" id="char0755"></div> <div class="character" id="char0756"></div> <div class="character" id="char0757"></div> <div class="character" id="char0758"></div> <div class="character" id="char0759"></div> <div class="character" id="char075A"></div> <div class="character" id="char075B"></div> <div class="character" id="char075C"></div> <div class="character" id="char075D"></div> <div class="character" id="char075E"></div> <div class="character" id="char075F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0760"></div> <div class="character" id="char0761"></div> <div class="character" id="char0762"></div> <div class="character" id="char0763"></div> <div class="character" id="char0764"></div> <div class="character" id="char0765"></div> <div class="character" id="char0766"></div> <div class="character" id="char0767"></div> <div class="character" id="char0768"></div> <div class="character" id="char0769"></div> <div class="character" id="char076A"></div> <div class="character" id="char076B"></div> <div class="character" id="char076C"></div> <div class="character" id="char076D"></div> <div class="character" id="char076E"></div> <div class="character" id="char076F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0770"></div> <div class="character" id="char0771"></div> <div class="character" id="char0772"></div> <div class="character" id="char0773"></div> <div class="character" id="char0774"></div> <div class="character" id="char0775"></div> <div class="character" id="char0776"></div> <div class="character" id="char0777"></div> <div class="character" id="char0778"></div> <div class="character" id="char0779"></div> <div class="character" id="char077A"></div> <div class="character" id="char077B"></div> <div class="character" id="char077C"></div> <div class="character" id="char077D"></div> <div class="character" id="char077E"></div> <div class="character" id="char077F"></div> </section> <section id="extendedb"> <h2>Arabic extended-B</h2> <div class="character" id="char0870"></div> <div class="character" id="char0871"></div> <div class="character" id="char0872"></div> <div class="character" id="char0873"></div> <div class="character" id="char0874"></div> <div class="character" id="char0875"></div> <div class="character" id="char0876"></div> <div class="character" id="char0877"></div> <div class="character" id="char0878"></div> <div class="character" id="char0879"></div> <div class="character" id="char087A"></div> <div class="character" id="char087B"></div> <div class="character" id="char087C"></div> <div class="character" id="char087D"></div> <div class="character" id="char087E"></div> <div class="character" id="char087F"></div> <div class="character" id="char0880"></div> <div class="character" id="char0881"></div> <div class="character" id="char0882"></div> <div class="character" id="char0883"></div> <div class="character" id="char0884"></div> <div class="character" id="char0885"></div> <div class="character" id="char0886"></div> <div class="character" id="char0887"></div> <div class="character" id="char0888"></div> <div class="character" id="char0889"></div> <div class="character" id="char088A"></div> <div class="character" id="char088B"></div> <div class="character" id="char088C"></div> <div class="character" id="char088D"></div> <div class="character" id="char088E"></div> <div class="character" id="char0890"></div> <div class="character" id="char0891"></div> <div class="character" id="char0898"></div> <div class="character" id="char0899"></div> <div class="character" id="char089A"></div> <div class="character" id="char089B"></div> <div class="character" id="char089C"></div> <div class="character" id="char089D"></div> <div class="character" id="char089E"></div> <div class="character" id="char089F"></div> </section> <section id="extendeda"> <h2>Arabic extended-A</h2> <div class="character" id="char08A0"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A1"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A2"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A3"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A4"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A5"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A6"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A7"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A8"></div> <div class="character" id="char08A9"></div> <div class="character" id="char08AA"></div> <div class="character" id="char08AB"></div> <div class="character" id="char08AC"></div> <div class="character" id="char08AD"></div> <div class="character" id="char08AE"></div> <div class="character" id="char08AF"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B0"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B1"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B2"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B3"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B4"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B6"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B7"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B8"></div> <div class="character" id="char08B9"></div> <div class="character" id="char08BA"></div> <div class="character" id="char08BB"></div> <div class="character" id="char08BC"></div> <div class="character" id="char08BD"></div> <div class="character" id="char08BE"></div> <div class="character" id="char08BF"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C0"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C1"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C2"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C3"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C4"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C5"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C6"></div> <div class="character" id="char08C7"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D3"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D4"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D5"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D6"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D7"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D8"></div> <div class="character" id="char08D9"></div> <div class="character" id="char08DA"></div> <div class="character" id="char08DB"></div> <div class="character" id="char08DC"></div> <div class="character" id="char08DD"></div> <div class="character" id="char08DE"></div> <div class="character" id="char08DF"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E0"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E1"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E2"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E3"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E4"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E5"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E6"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E7"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E8"></div> <div class="character" id="char08E9"></div> <div class="character" id="char08EA"></div> <div class="character" id="char08EB"></div> <div class="character" id="char08EC"></div> <div class="character" id="char08ED"></div> <div class="character" id="char08EE"></div> <div class="character" id="char08EF"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F0"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F1"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F2"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F3"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F4"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F5"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F6"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F7"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F8"></div> <div class="character" id="char08F9"></div> <div class="character" id="char08FA"></div> <div class="character" id="char08FB"></div> <div class="character" id="char08FC"></div> <div class="character" id="char08FD"></div> <div class="character" id="char08FE"></div> <div class="character" id="char08FF"></div> </section> <section id="presentation"> <h2>Presentation Forms block</h2> <div class="character" id="charFD3E"></div> <div class="character" id="charFD3F"></div> <div class="character" id="charFDF2"></div> <div class="character" id="charFDFA"></div> <div class="character" id="charFDFB"></div> </section> <section id="punctuation"> <h2>ASCII & general punctuation</h2> <div class="character" id="char0025"></div> <div class="character" id="char0028"></div> <div class="character" id="char0029"></div> <div class="character" id="char002E"></div> <div class="character" id="char003A"></div> <div class="character" id="char00AB"></div> <div class="character" id="char00BB"></div> <div class="character" id="char2030"></div> <div class="character" id="char2010"></div> <div class="character" id="char2013"></div> <div class="character" id="char2014"></div> <div class="character" id="char2018"></div> <div class="character" id="char2019"></div> <div class="character" id="char201C"></div> <div class="character" id="char201D"></div> <div class="character" id="char2026"></div> <div class="character" id="char2039"></div> <div class="character" id="char203A"></div> </section> <section id="ack"> <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>The following people have provided helpful advice.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/r12a/r12a.github.io/issues/1">Denis Moyogo Jacquerye</a></li> <li>Neil Patel</li> <li>Lorna Evans</li> </ul> </section> <section id="refs"> <h2>References</h2> </section> <script> addBasics('ar','ltr') </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-ar.js"> </script> <script src="arb-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-arb.js">/* global variables */</script> <script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-pes.js"> </script> <script src="pes-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-pes.js">/* global variables */</script> <script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-ha.js"> </script> <script src="ha-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-ha.js">/* global variables */</script><script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-ks.js"> </script> <script src="ks-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-ks.js">/* global variables */</script> <script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-ug.js"> </script> <script src="ug-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-ug.js">/* global variables */</script> <script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-ur.js"> </script> <script src="ur-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-ur.js">/* global variables */</script> <script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <script src="../../shared/scriptdb/arab-misc.js"> </script> <script src="misc-details.html"> </script> <script src="../../shared/manifests/arab-misc.js">/* global variables */</script> <script> addDetails (languageName, letterClassName, lang, direction, spreadsheet, cols) addExamples(lang) convertTranscriptionData(lang) setMarks() </script> <div id="panel" style="display:none"></div> <div class="smallprint"><span id="version"></span></div> <script> window.version = 'v28' window.scriptName = 'Arabic' window.ghDirectory = 'arabic' window.blockDirectory = 'arabic' window.languageList = ['ar','pes','ha','ks','ug','ur'] // lang tags for each orthography handled window.detailsfileList = ['arb','pes','ha','ks','ug','ur','misc'] // first part of xx-details for each orthography window.scriptISO = 'arab' window.webfonts = ["Scheherazade WF", "Awami Nastaliq WF","Noto Nastaliq Urdu WF","Alkalami WF"] window.defaultSize = '32px' buildPage() </script> </body> </html>