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Arabic Extended-B

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Arabic Extended-B
RangeU+0870..U+089F
(48 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsArabic
Major alphabetsBosnian
Javanese
Sorabe
Sundanese
Assigned42 code points
Unused6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
14.0 (2021)41 (+41)
16.0 (2024)42 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Arabic Extended-B is a Unicode block encoding Qur'anic annotations and letter variants used for various non-Arabic languages. The block also includes currency symbols and an abbreviation mark.[3]

Block

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Arabic Extended-B[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+087x
U+088x
U+089x  ࢐   ࢑ 
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Arabic Extended-B block:

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ The Unicode Consortium. The Unicode Standard, Version 14.0.0, (Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium, 2011. ISBN 978-1-936213-29-0), Chapter 9