ARABIC LETTER REH WITH DOT BELOW AND DOT ABOVE·U+0696

ږ

Character Information

Code Point
U+0696
HEX
0696
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
DA 96
11011010 10010110
UTF16 (big Endian)
06 96
00000110 10010110
UTF16 (little Endian)
96 06
10010110 00000110
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 06 96
00000000 00000000 00000110 10010110
UTF32 (little Endian)
96 06 00 00
10010110 00000110 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ږ
URI Encoded
%DA%96

Description

The Unicode character U+0696 represents Arabic Letter Reh with Dot Below and Dot Above (Arabic ربع تاء مضعوف ذال) in digital text. This letter is predominantly used in the Arabic script, which is written from right to left. The combination of dots gives the character a unique visual identity and plays a crucial role in differentiating it from other similar letters within the Arabic alphabet. U+0696 holds particular significance in the context of the Persian (Farsi) language, where it is used as an independent letter that represents a voiced uvular fricative or a voiced pharyngeal fricative sound. This character exemplifies the versatility and intricacy of the Arabic script, which has been widely used for centuries across various Middle Eastern and North African cultures, serving both as a means of written communication and as an important element in religious texts, including the Quran.

How to type the ږ symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 1686 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character ږ has the Unicode code point U+0696. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 2 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0080 to 0x07ff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 11 bits within the final 16 bits and that it will have the format: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+0696 to binary: 00000110 10010110. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11011010 10010110