What 𞹼 means
It marks a distinct style in Arabic mathematical notation. Arabic notation uses differently styled letters to distinguish mathematical roles; the exact quantity comes from its equation.
Arabic algebraic symbols are reported from the late 12th century. The Unicode chart draws its reference shapes from a copy of a manuscript by Ibn al-Banna (1256–1321); similar forms appear in 16th-century Maghrebi manuscripts. The notation also appears in mathematical writing based on Persian as well as Arabic script.
Arabic mathematical symbols do not join to neighboring letters, unlike ordinary Arabic text letters; their shape stays fixed in a formula.
Who writes 𞹼
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𞹼 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𞹼
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- arabic math · arabic mathematical notation · arabic equations · math letter · dotless beh
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𞹼\1EE7C𞹼 in markup to insert this exact symbol.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.