What ࣲ means
It marks the open spelling of Arabic kasratan’s final short i-plus-n ending.
Kasratan is two short strokes beneath a letter; it marks a short i followed by n at a word’s end. The open shape is a specialized Qur’anic spelling convention, not a separate letter.
A 2010 proposal cites a Casablanca Qur’an printed in 1995 in the Warsh reading tradition as its earliest dated printed example. That date documents use in print; it is not an invention date. A 2017 comparison records ordinary, open, and meem-marked tanween—the last uses a small form of the Arabic letter م—in Qur’anic editions associated with the Hafs, Warsh, and Qalun recitation traditions. Use the open form when the edition’s spelling calls for it. As of 2026, font coverage and Arabic shaping still affect whether the combining mark sits properly beneath its letter.
A Qur’anic orthography mark with an edition-specific spelling choice.
Do not replace it with ordinary kasratan when matching a Qur’anic edition.
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Questions people ask
1Is “successive kasratan” a different mark?
No. A 2010 proposal used “successive kasratan” for this open form, describing its two strokes; it is an alternative name, not a second character.
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How to type or find ࣲ
- Also called
- successive kasratan · open tanween
- Search it as
- kasratan · kasratain · tanween · tanwin · tashkeel · harakat · Qur’anic diacritic · mushaf
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ࣲ\08F2Codes and encoding1 code points
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