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ق
U+0642 · ARABIC LETTER QAF

Arabic Letter Qaf

  • CodepointU+0642
  • NameARABIC LETTER QAF
  • Decimal1602
  • BlockArabic (U+0600–U+06FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptArabic
  • CategoryLo — Other Letter
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classAL — Arabic Letter
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+0642 (ق) is ARABIC LETTER QAF, a letter in the Arabic block. It belongs to the Arabic script. 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 ق

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8D9 822 bytes
UTF-1606421 code unit
UTF-32000006424 bytes
HTML decimalق
HTML hexق
CSS\642in content: "…"
JavaScript\u0642
JSON\u0642
Python\u0642
Python\N{ARABIC LETTER QAF}by name
Java / C#\u0642
C / C++\u0642universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{642}
Go\u0642
Ruby\u0642
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(1602)
URL-encoded%D9%82percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+FED5ﻕArabic Letter Qaf Isolated Form U+FED6ﻖArabic Letter Qaf Final Form U+FED7ﻗArabic Letter Qaf Initial Form U+FED8ﻘArabic Letter Qaf Medial Form U+1EE12𞸒Arabic Mathematical Qaf U+1EE32𞸲Arabic Mathematical Initial Qaf U+1EE52𞹒Arabic Mathematical Tailed Qaf U+1EE72𞹲Arabic Mathematical Stretched Qaf U+1EE92𞺒Arabic Mathematical Looped Qaf U+1EEB2𞺲Arabic Mathematical Double-Struck Qaf
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Characters built on ق

U+FC33ﰳArabic Ligature Qaf with Hah Isolated Form U+FC34ﰴArabic Ligature Qaf with Meem Isolated Form U+FC35ﰵArabic Ligature Qaf with Alef Maksura Isolated Form U+FC36ﰶArabic Ligature Qaf with Yeh Isolated Form U+FC7EﱾArabic Ligature Qaf with Alef Maksura Final Form U+FC7FﱿArabic Ligature Qaf with Yeh Final Form U+FCC2ﳂArabic Ligature Qaf with Hah Initial Form U+FCC3ﳃArabic Ligature Qaf with Meem Initial Form U+FD7EﵾArabic Ligature Qaf with Meem with Hah Final Form U+FD7FﵿArabic Ligature Qaf with Meem with Meem Final Form U+FDB2ﶲArabic Ligature Qaf with Meem with Yeh Final Form U+FDB4ﶴArabic Ligature Qaf with Meem with Hah Initial Form U+FDF1ﷱArabic Ligature Qala Used As Koranic Stop Sign Isolated Form U+FED5ﻕArabic Letter Qaf Isolated Form U+FED6ﻖArabic Letter Qaf Final Form U+FED7ﻗArabic Letter Qaf Initial Form U+FED8ﻘArabic Letter Qaf Medial Form U+1EE12𞸒Arabic Mathematical Qaf U+1EE32𞸲Arabic Mathematical Initial Qaf U+1EE52𞹒Arabic Mathematical Tailed Qaf U+1EE72𞹲Arabic Mathematical Stretched Qaf U+1EE92𞺒Arabic Mathematical Looped Qaf U+1EEB2𞺲Arabic Mathematical Double-Struck Qaf
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Nearby in Arabic

All in block →
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+0640ـArabic Tatweel U+0641فArabic Letter Feh U+0643كArabic Letter Kaf U+0644لArabic Letter Lam U+0645مArabic Letter Meem U+0646نArabic Letter Noon U+0647هArabic Letter Heh U+0648وArabic Letter Waw