What ࣣ means
It marks a vowel beneath an Arabic letter in Arwi. A 2008 Unicode proposal calls it an inverted damma-like sign; after Arabic teh (ت), it represents the Tamil character labeled TAEH.
As of 2026, Arwi is described as a Tamil Muslim writing tradition in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, including religious, Sufi (a spiritual tradition in Islam), legal, and medical texts.
Who writes ࣣ
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ࣣ show as a box or dotted circle?
A box usually means the font lacks this glyph. A dotted circle can mark a combining mark shown without its base letter.
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How to type or find ࣣ
- Search it as
- Arwi vowel mark · Arabic-script Tamil · inverted damma · Tamil TAEH
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ࣣCSS
\08E3How to type
In text order, place ࣣ after its Arabic base letter; it displays below that letter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ࣣ
HTML hex
ࣣ
CSS content
content: "\08E3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%A3%A3
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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.