What ࣺ means
It marks the vowel written e in Wolof transcription.
A 2010 Unicode proposal cites Senegalese Wolof writing material as an early record of the mark and writes its vowel value as é.
It distinguishes a vowel sound that Arabic letters alone do not show.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ࣺ show as a box or float?
Font support explains it: a font without the mark may show a box, and weak Arabic mark positioning can place it awkwardly. Without a base letter, the combining mark may appear detached.
How to type ࣺ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 08FA, then Alt+X to get ࣺ.
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 right arrowhead below”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 08fa, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ࣺCSS
\08FAAttach it
To type ࣺ with a base letter, enter the letter first; this combining mark attaches to it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ࣺ
HTML hex
ࣺ
CSS content
content: "\08FA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%A3%BA
1
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.