What ܒ means
It follows an older alphabet line. Phoenician was an ancient writing system; its bet continued through Aramaic into Syriac. The earliest known Syriac inscription at Birecik, a written text on a surface, is dated to 6 CE.
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Who writes ܒ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThe base consonant, like the b at the start of “book.”
Related characters
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Worth knowing
- Syriac writing served Christian liturgy and also carried works on history, philosophy, science, and medicine.
Questions people ask
1Does ܒ mean house?
No. “House” is the old meaning behind the letter name; ܒ itself is a letter. The Syriac word for a house is ܒܝܬ.
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How to type or find ܒ
- Also called
- Beth · Bet
- Search it as
- syriac beth · syriac bet · beth meaning · beth house · hard beth · soft beth · syriac b · ܒ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ܒCSS
\0712Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ܒ
HTML hex
ܒ
CSS content
content: "\0712";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%DC%92
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.