What ࠽ means
Read it as sentence punctuation in Samaritan text.
Sof Mashfaat belongs to a larger punctuation tradition preserved in Samaritan manuscripts. Two earlier marks in that system, Nequdaa and Afsaaq, later also marked smaller breaks and were compared with the Hebrew mark sof pasuq.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ࠽ show as a box?
If the font lacks Samaritan support, the mark may appear as a box or stay blank. Choose a font that supports Samaritan.
How to type ࠽
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 083D, 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 “samaritan punctuation sof mashfaat”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 083d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
࠽CSS
\083DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
࠽
HTML hex
࠽
CSS content
content: "\083D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%A0%BD
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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.