List of Arabic letter components

This is a list of Arabic letter components used in Arabic script.

Table of Letter Components

A = The letter is used for most languages and dialects with writing systems based on Arabic.

MSA = Letters used in Modern Standard Arabic.

CA = Letters used in Classical Arabic.

AD = Letters used in some regional Arabic Dialects.

"Arabic" = Letters used in Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, and most regional dialects.

"Farsi" = Letters used in modern Persian.

FW = Foreign words: the letter is sometimes used to spell foreign words.

SV = Stylistic variant: the letter is used interchangeably with at least one other letter depending on the calligraphic style.

AW = Arabic words: the letter is used in additional languages to spell Arabic words.

Table

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Letter Line Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾			ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ		ٯ		ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
positional forms	isolated		ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ		ٯ		ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
	start		ء	ا	^none	ىـ	^(YNB)	ٮـ	حـ	سـ	صـ	طـ	عـ	ڡـ	^(QF)		ٯـ	ڪـ	كـ	کـ	گـ	لـ	مـ	د	ر	و	ھـ	ہـ	هـ	لا
	middle		ء	ـا	^none	ـىـ	^(YNB)	ـٮـ	ـحـ	ـسـ	ـصـ	ـطـ	ـعـ	ـڡـ	^(QF)		ـٯـ	ـڪـ	ـكـ	ـکـ	ـگـ	ـلـ	ـمـ	ـد	ـر	ـو	ـھـ	ـہـ	ـهـ	ـلا
	end		ء	ـا	ـے	ـى	ـں	ـٮ	ـح	ـس	ـص	ـط	ـع	ـڡ		ـٯ		ـڪ	ـك	ـک	ـگ	ـل	ـم	ـد	ـر	ـو	ـھ	ـہ	ـه	ـلا
image of forms	isolated start middle end		ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ		ٯ		ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Unicode for above			U+0621	U+0627	U+06D2	U+0649	U+06BA	U+066E	U+062D	U+0633	U+0635	U+0637	U+0639	U+06A1		U+066F		U+06AA	U+0643	U+06A9	U+06AF	U+0644	U+0645	U+062F	U+0631	U+0648	U+06BE	U+06C1	U+0647	ا + ل
Languages that use the letter shape with or without i'jam			Arabic	Arabic	Urdu	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic		Arabic		Sindhi, Arabic SV	Arabic	Farsi, Urdu, Arabic SV	Farsi, Urdu	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Urdu, Arabic SV	Urdu, Arabic SV	Arabic, Farsi	Arabic
diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾		isolated	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ		ٯ		ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
none		start mid end	ء	ـا ا	ـــے ے	ىـ ـىـ ـى	ـں ں	ٮـ ـٮـ ـٮ	حـ ـحـ ـح	سـ ـسـ ـس	صـ ـصـ ـص	طـ ـطـ ـط	عـ ـعـ ـع	ڡـ ـڡـ ـڡ		ٯـ ـٯـ ـٯ		ڪــ ـڪــ ـڪ	كـ ـكـ ـك	کـ ـکـ ـک	گـ ـگـ ـگ	لـ ـلـ ـل	مـ ـمـ ـم	ـد د	ـر ر	ـو و	ھـ ـھـ ـھ	ہـ ـہـ ـہ	هـ ـهـ ـه	ـلا لا
Languages using the bare shape with no additions			Arabic	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Urdu	MSA	Urdu, Arabic SV	Arabic SV Rasm	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic SV in Rasm		Arabic SV in Rasm		Sindhi, Arabic SV	Arabic	Farsi, Urdu, Arabic SV	Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Arabic, Farsi, Urdu	Urdu, Arabic SV	Urdu, Arabic SV	Arabic, Farsi	MSA
Unicode for above			U+0621	U+0627	U+06D2	U+0649	U+06BA	U+066E	U+062D	U+0633	U+0635	U+0637	U+0639	U+06A1		U+066F		U+06AA	U+0643	U+06A9	U+06AF	U+0644	U+0645	U+062F	U+0631	U+0648	U+06BE	U+06C1	U+0647	ل + ا
Bare line in isolated and end forms only		isolated	ء	ا	ے	ی	ࢽ	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ࢼ		ࢻ		ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
		start mid end				یـ ـیـ ـی	ࢽـ ـࢽـ ـࢽ							ࢻـ ـࢻـ ـࢻ		ࢼـ ـࢼـ ـࢼ
		image
	Languages
		Unicode					U+08BD							U+08BB		U+08BC

dots

1 dot

Diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾				Letter Shapes: ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
1 dot below	◌࣭ ◌ٜ ــٜـ ﮳			isolated	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ب	ج	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
1 dot below	◌࣭ ◌ٜ ــٜـ ﮳			connected						بـ ـبـ ـب	جـ ـجـ ـج
				image
				Languages
U+FBB3 U+065C				Unicode						U+0628	U+062C
1 dot above + 1 dot below			﮲﮳	isolated	ء	ا	ے	ى	ڹ	ٮ	ح	ښ	ۻ	ط	ۼ	ڣ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ږ	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
1 dot above + 1 dot below			﮲﮳	connected
				image
				Languages
				Unicode
1 dot above		◌࣪ ﮲		isolated	ء	ا	ے	ى	ن	ٮ	خ	س	ض	ظ	غ	ف	ڧ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	ذ	ز	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
1 dot above		◌࣪ ﮲		connected
				image
				Languages
U+FBB2				Unicode					U+0646		U+062E		U+0636	U+0638	U+063A	U+0641	U+06A7							U+0630	U+0632

2 dots

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
2 dots below start and mid ⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾	﮵		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	یـ ـیـ ـی ی			ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
2 dots below start and mid ⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾			image
		Languages					Farsi, Urdu, AD
U+FBB5 U+FBB5			Unicode				U+06CC
2 dots below all positions	﮵		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	يـ ـيـ ـي ي			ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
2 dots below all positions			image
		Languages					Arabic ^(iv)
U+FBB5 U+FBB5			Unicode				U+064A
2 vertical dots below		﮾	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
2 vertical dots below			image
		Languages
U+FBBE			Unicode
2 vertical dots above		﮽	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
2 vertical dots above			image
		Languages
U+FBBD			Unicode
2 horizontal dots above	﮴		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ت	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ق	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ـۃ	ـة	لا
2 horizontal dots above			image
		Languages
FBB4			Unicode						U+062A							U+0642											U+06C3	U+0629
diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا

﮴ ‎	above: 2 dots
﮵ ‎	below: 2 dots
﮽ ‎	above: 2 dots (vertically)
﮾ ‎	below: 2 dots (vertically)

U+08EB (2283)	◌࣫	TWO DOTS ABOVE
U+08EE (2286)	◌࣮	TWO DOTS BELOW

3 dots

ث پ چ ژ ش ‎	Arabic & Persian
ݑ ڥ ڤ ڨ ڠ ڟ ڞ ۺ ڜ ڛ څ ڿ ۑ ۋ ڮ ڴ ڷ ڸ ‎	other pointing out
ݤ ڏ ݓ ݒ ݡ ݘ ݞ ‎	inverted

3 dots below (horizontal)	﮳ ﮳ ﮳	character	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ݐ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
3 dots below (horizontal)		image
		Languages						Fula
		Unicode						U+0750
3 dots below (inverted)	﮷	character	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
3 dots below (inverted)		image
		Languages
U+FBB7		Unicode
3 dots below	﮹	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	پ	چ	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
3 dots below		image
		Languages
U+FBB9		Unicode						U+067E	U+0686
3 dots above + 3 dots below	﮹﮶	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	ڜ	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
3 dots above + 3 dots below		image
		Languages
U+FBB6 + U+FBB9		Unicode
3 dots above	﮶	isolated form						ث		ش													ژ
3 dots above		image
		Languages
U+FBB6		Unicode						U+062B		U+0634													U+0698
3 dots above (inverted)	﮸	character	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
3 dots above (inverted)		image
U+FBB8		Languages
		Unicode

dots below | colspan=2 style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:200%;" | ﮻ ! colspan=1 style="font-size:85%;" | isolated form | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ء | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ا | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ے | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ى | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ں | style="font-size:150%;" | ڀ | style="font-size:150%;" | ڇ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | س | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ص | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ط | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ع | colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ڡ | colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ٯ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ڪ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ك | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ک | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | گ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ل | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | م | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | د | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ر | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | و | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ھ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ہ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ه | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | لا |- | colspan=2 | ! colspan=1 style="font-size:85%;" | image | | | | | | | | | | | | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="white-space:nowrap" | |- style="font-size:85%;" | colspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Languages | | | | | | | | | | | | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="white-space:nowrap" | |- style="font-size:85%;" | colspan=4 style="white-space:nowrap;" | U+FBBB ! colspan=1 style="font-size:85%;" | Unicode | | | | | | | | | | | | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="white-space:nowrap" | |- |- | colspan=2 rowspan=2 | 4 dots above | colspan=2 style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:200%;" | ﮺ ! colspan=1 style="font-size:85%;" | isolated form | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ء | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ا | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ے | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ى | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ں | style="font-size:150%;" | ٿ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ح | style="font-size:150%;" | ݜ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ص | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ط | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ع | colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" | ڦ | colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ٯ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ڪ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ك | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ک | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | گ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ل | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | م | style="font-size:150%;" | ڐ | style="font-size:150%;" | ڙ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | و | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ھ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ہ | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | ه | style="font-size:150%;color:#E3E6EB;" | لا |- | colspan=2 | ! colspan=1 style="font-size:85%;" | image | | | | | | | | | | | | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="white-space:nowrap" | |- style="font-size:85%;" | colspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Languages | | | | | | | | Shina, Torwali | | | | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | | | | | | | | | Sindhi, Shina, Torwali | | | | | style="white-space:nowrap" | |- style="font-size:85%;" | colspan=4 style="white-space:nowrap;" | U+FBBA ! colspan=1 style="font-size:85%;" | Unicode | | | | | | U+067F | | U+075C | | | | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | | | | | | | | U+0690 | U+0699 | | | | | style="white-space:nowrap" | |- |- |}

different dots above and below

ݓ U+0753, ݓ ARABIC LETTER BEH WITH THREE DOTS POINTING UPWARDS BELOW AND TWO DOTS ABOVE. Hausa https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DD%93
ݑ U+0751, ݑ ARABIC LETTER BEH WITH DOT BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE. Wolof https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DD%91

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾	Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
mixed dots above + below	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ڿ	ۺ	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
mixed dots above + below	image
	Languages
	Unicode

tōē

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
small tōē below		﯁	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ݮ	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
small tōē below		connected form(s)								ݮـ ـݮـ ـݮ
			image
			Unicode							U+076E
			Languages							Khowar
small tōē above	ـــؕــ ﯀ ◌ؕ		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ڻ	ٹ	ݲ	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ࣇ لؕ‎	م	ڈ	ڑ	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
small tōē above	connected form(s)
			image
Urdu Punjabi Torwali			Languages					Punjabi	Urdu	Torwali											Punjabi^[1]		Urdu	Urdu
U+0615 U+FBC0			Unicode					U+06BB	U+0679	U+0772													U+0688	U+0691
small tōē + dot(s)			isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ݨ	ٮ	ح	ݰ	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ݱ	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
small tōē + dot(s)		connected form(s)
			image
			Languages					Punjabi, Seraiki, Shina			Torwali													Torwali
			Unicode

ring

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾		Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
ring		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ؠ	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ګ	گ	ل	م	ډ	ړ	ۄ	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
ring		image
	Languages
FBBF		Unicode
ring and dots		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ڼ	ټ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
ring and dots		image
	Languages
		Unicode

line

horizontal line	—		isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ۍ ـۍ	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	؈	ڪ	ك	گ		ݪ	م	د	ݛ	ۅ	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
horizontal line			image
		Languages																			Punjabi, Marwari, Kalami				Kirghiz
			Unicode																					U+075B
multiple lines	﮼		isolated form	۽	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ࢦ	۾	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
multiple lines			image
		Languages
U+FBBC			Unicode																		U+08A6
vertical line			isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	ۈ	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
vertical line			image
		Languages
			Unicode

numeral

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ك	ڪ	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Persian numeral 2 above	٢	^٢	isolated form	ء	ا	ݺ	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	ݸ	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Persian numeral 2 above			image
Burushaski			Languages			Burushaski																			Burushaski
			Unicode			U+077A
Persian numeral 3 above	٣	^٣	isolated form	ء	ا	ݻ	ݶ	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Persian numeral 3 above			image
Burushaski	Languages					Burushaski
			Unicode			U+077B
Persian numeral 4 above	۴	^۴	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	ݽ	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Persian numeral 4 above			image
Burushaski	Languages										Burushaski
			Unicode								U+077D
Persian numeral 4 below	۴	_۴	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ݷ	ں	ٮ	ݼ	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Persian numeral 4 below			image
Burushaski	Languages									Burushaski
			Unicode							U+077C
diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا

arrows

V below	ٚ	ٛ	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ݕ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ڕ	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
V below			image
		Languages							Wolof
U+065B U+065A			Unicode
small V above	ــٚـ	◌ٚ	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ێ	ں	ݖ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ڵ	م	د	ڒ	ۆ	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
small V above			image
		Languages							Wolof
U+065A			Unicode						U+0756
inverted V above	ــٛـ	◌ٛ	isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ؽ	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	ۮ	ۯ	ۉ	ۿ	ہ	ه	لا
inverted V above			image
U+065B			Unicode
	Languages
arrow and dots			isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
arrow and dots			image
			Unicode
	Languages

Hamza

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Hamza below	ــٕـ	◌ٕ	isolated form	ء	إ	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لإ
Hamza below			image
sometimes omitted in contexts where short vowel diacritics are omitted			Languages
U+0655			Unicode		U+0625																								U+0644 + U+0625
Hamza above	ــٔـ	◌ٔ	isolated form	ء	أ	ۓ	ئ	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	ؤ	ھ	ۂ	ۀ	لأ
Hamza above			image
sometimes omitted in contexts where short vowel diacritics are omitted			Languages
U+0674 U+0654			Unicode		U+0623	U+06D3	U+0626																		U+0624		U+06C2	U+06C0	U+0644 + U+0623
Hamza and dots			isolated form	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Hamza and dots			image
			Unicode
	Languages

other semi-optional vowels

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾			Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾	ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
maddah above	ــۤـ ــٓـ ◌ٓ ◌ۤ		isolated form	ء	آ	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لآ
maddah above		image
doesn't strictly count as i'jam, but included in a lot of situations where other diacritics are left out.			Languages		Arabic, Urdu
U+06E4 U+0653			Unicode		U+0622
Wasala above			isolated form	ء	ٱ	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ	ٯ	ڪ	ك	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا
Wasala above			image
		Languages			CA
none ^(v)			Unicode		U+0671

blank line for new entries

diacritics ⁽ⁱ⁾				Letter Shapes ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾		ء	ا	ے	ى	ں	ٮ	ح	س	ص	ط	ع	ڡ		ٯ		ك	ڪ	ک	گ	ل	م	د	ر	و	ھ	ہ	ه	لا

Footnotes

^i. The i'jam diacritic characters are illustrative only, in most typesetting the combined characters in the middle of the table are used. The characters used to illustrate the consonant diacritics are from Unicode set "Arabic pedagogical symbols".^[2] The "Arabic Tatweel Modifier Letter" U+0640 character used to show the positional forms doesn't work in some Nastaliq fonts.

^ii. For most letters the isolated form is shown, for select letters all forms (isolated, start, middle, and end) are shown.

^iii. Urdu Choti Yē has 2 dots below in the initial and middle positions only. The standard Arabic version ي يـ ـيـ ـي always has 2 dots below.

^iv. These characters are used by most languages that use writing systems based on Arabic, though sometimes only in foreign words.

^v. A Wasala diacritic Unicode character has been proposed but not yet released.

References

^[3]
^[4]

^ Lorna Priest Evans; M. G. Abbas Malik. "Proposal to encode ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE in the UCS" (PDF). www.unicode.org. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "Unicode Utilities: UnicodeSet Arabic pedagogical symbols". unicode.org. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "Extended Arabic Letter". unicode.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Based on ISO 8859-6". unicode.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Unicode collation charts—including Arabic letters, sorted by shape
Why the right side of your brain doesn't like Arabic
Arabic fonts by SIL's Non-Roman Script Initiative
Alexis Neme and Sébastien Paumier (2019), "Restoring Arabic vowels through omission-tolerant dictionary lookup", Lang Resources & Evaluation, Vol. 53, pp. 1–65. arXiv:1905.04051; doi:10.1007/s10579-019-09464-6

[proposal_to_encode_Lam_with_Tah_above-1] Lorna Priest Evans; M. G. Abbas Malik. "Proposal to encode ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE in the UCS" (PDF). www.unicode.org. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[2] "Unicode Utilities: UnicodeSet Arabic pedagogical symbols". unicode.org. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[Unicode_Extended_Arabic-3] "Extended Arabic Letter". unicode.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[unicode_ISO_8859-6-4] "Based on ISO 8859-6". unicode.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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