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ڌ

arabic letter dahal

Arabic Letter Dahal

ڌ writes a Sindhi d with a puff of breath. The modern Sindhi alphabet was standardized under British administration in 1853.

Text symbol

What ڌ means

It marks Sindhi’s aspirated d. The extra breath separates it from plain د.

A history of Arabic-Sindhi writing places دهه as an older spelling in al-Biruni-era texts.

Sindhi also used Khojki and Khudawadi scripts; ڌ belongs to Arabic-script Sindhi.

A language-specific letter; in mixed-script messages it cues Sindhi Arabic-script writing.

Part of the collection

Sindhi Alphabet

Who writes ڌ

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Don't confuse it with

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Arabic Letter Dal

Plain d, without aspiration.

Arabic Letter Dal With Three Dots Above Downwards

A different Sindhi d; ڌ vs ڏ marks aspiration.

Arabic Letter Ddahal

Retroflex aspirated d, with the tongue curled back.

Questions people ask

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Does ڌ change shape in a word?

Yes. It can connect to the letter before it, but not the one after; it stays the same character.

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How to type or find ڌ

Also called: Dhal
Search it as: aspirated d · Sindhi input layout · Sindhi Devanagari
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 068C, then AltX to get ڌ.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “arabic letter dahal”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 068c, then Enter or Space.

HTML

ڌ

CSS

\068C

Sindhi keyboard

Choose Sindhi Arabic-script input; key positions vary by device.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

ڌ

HTML hex

ڌ

CSS content

content: "\068C";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%DA%8C

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On screen

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Code points

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JS .length

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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