What ࣾ means
It marks Yakan’s “o” vowel in Arabic-script writing.
Yakan is a language of the Philippines. A 2010 proposal to add Arabic-script signs for African and Asian languages includes a sample of this mark from Kitab Injil, a Yakan publication from 2001. Its “o” value is specific to documented Yakan Arabic-script writing, not a general rule for Arabic-script text.
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Who writes ࣾ
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Questions people ask
1Why does ࣾ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Arabic Extended-A block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ࣾ
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- Yakan vowel sign · Yakan Arabic writing · Yakan o mark
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ࣾCSS
\08FEUnicode input
In a Unicode input tool, enter U08FE, then place ࣾ after the Arabic-script letter it marks.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ࣾ
HTML hex
ࣾ
CSS content
content: "\08FE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%A3%BE
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.