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U+0640 · ARABIC TATWEEL

Arabic Tatweel

  • CodepointU+0640
  • NameARABIC TATWEEL
  • Decimal1600
  • BlockArabic (U+0600–U+06FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategoryLm — Modifier Letter
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classAL — Arabic Letter
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+0640 (ـ) is ARABIC TATWEEL, a modifier letter in the Arabic block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

It is a strong right-to-left character (bidirectional class AL), so it sets the direction of the text around it. See bidirectional text.

How to type ـ

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8D9 802 bytes
UTF-1606401 code unit
UTF-32000006404 bytes
HTML decimalـ
HTML hexـ
CSS\640in content: "…"
JavaScript\u0640
JSON\u0640
Python\u0640
Python\N{ARABIC TATWEEL}by name
Java / C#\u0640
C / C++\u0640universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{640}
Go\u0640
Ruby\u0640
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(1600)
URL-encoded%D9%80percent-encoded UTF-8
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Characters built on ـ

U+FCF2ﳲArabic Ligature Shadda with Fatha Medial Form U+FCF3ﳳArabic Ligature Shadda with Damma Medial Form U+FCF4ﳴArabic Ligature Shadda with Kasra Medial Form U+FE71ﹱArabic Tatweel with Fathatan Above U+FE77ﹷArabic Fatha Medial Form U+FE79ﹹArabic Damma Medial Form U+FE7BﹻArabic Kasra Medial Form U+FE7DﹽArabic Shadda Medial Form U+FE7FﹿArabic Sukun Medial Form
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Nearby in Arabic

All in block →
U+063AغArabic Letter Ghain U+063BػArabic Letter Keheh with Two Dots Above U+063CؼArabic Letter Keheh with Three Dots Below U+063DؽArabic Letter Farsi Yeh with Inverted V U+063EؾArabic Letter Farsi Yeh with Two Dots Above U+063FؿArabic Letter Farsi Yeh with Three Dots Above U+0641فArabic Letter Feh U+0642قArabic Letter Qaf U+0643كArabic Letter Kaf U+0644لArabic Letter Lam U+0645مArabic Letter Meem U+0646نArabic Letter Noon