What means
Some Pegon manuscripts use it for voiced retroflex /ɖ/. This Pegon letter represents a d sound made with the tongue curled slightly back. Other Pegon spellings mark the same sound with one or three dots below, so the dots reflect a spelling convention rather than a separate meaning.
Pegon adapts Arabic writing to languages including Javanese, Sundanese, and Madurese. It was used for Islamic learning and writing, and also for local literature, documents, and private letters. A 2022 Unicode proposal gives manuscript examples and cites a Pegon manual dated 1933.
A manuscript-specific Pegon spelling; use it when following a source's orthography.
Do not replace ordinary Arabic د unless the source's spelling calls for this letter.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA voiced retroflex /ɖ/ sound, according to that word's spelling.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Can I make it by adding two dots to د?
No. It is a distinct encoded letter, and plain dal plus combining marks is not a guaranteed substitute.
Why does this letter show as a box?
The selected font may lack its glyph. As of 2026, Scheherazade New lists it in its Arabic Extended-C support; try a font that includes the character.
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- Pegon letter · retroflex d · retroflex dal · two dot dal · Arabic Pegon · Javanese Arabic · Sundanese Arabic · Madurese Arabic · ɖ · dal with dots
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𐻂\10EC2Why is a box on my screen?
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Codes and encoding1 code points
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