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Syriac Character List

  1. Basic Syriac
    1. Letters
    2. Points (vowels)
    3. Marks
    4. Punctuation and Signs
    5. Formal Control Characters
    6. Miscellaneous Diacritic Use
    7. Use of Characters of the Arabic Block
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1. Basic Syriac

1.1 Letters

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex Decimal Rendering Decimal
0710 Letter Alaph ܐ x710 ܐ 1808
0711 Letter Superscript Alaph ܑ◌ x711 ܑ◌ 1809
0712 Letter Beth ܒ x712 ܒ 1810
0713 Letter Gamal ܓ x713 ܓ 1811
0714 Letter Gamal Garshuni ܔ x714 ܔ 1812
0715 Letter Dalath ܕ 1813 ܕ 1813
0716 Letter Dotless Dalath Rish ܖ x716 ܖ 1814
0717 Letter He ܗ x717 ܗ 1815
0718 Letter Waw ܘ x718 ܘ 1816
0719 Letter Zain ܙ x719 ܙ 1817
071A Letter Heth ܚ x71A ܚ 1818
071B Letter Teth ܛ x71B ܛ 1819
071C Letter Teth Garshuni ܜ x71C ܜ 1820
071D Letter Yudh ܝ x71D ܝ 1821
071E Letter Yudh He ܞ x71E ܞ 1822
071F Letter Kaph ܟ x71F ܟ 1823
0720 Letter Lamadh ܠ x720 ܠ 1824
0721 Letter Mim ܡ x721 ܡ 1825
0722 Letter Nun ܢ x722 ܢ 1826
0723 Letter Semkath ܣ x723 ܣ 1827
0724 Letter Final Semkath ܤ x724 ܤ 1828
0725 Letter E ܥ x725 ܥ 1829
0726 Letter Pe ܦ x726 ܦ 1830
0727 Letter Reversed Pe ܧ x727 ܧ 1831
0728 Letter Sadhe ܨ x728 ܨ 1832
0729 Letter Qaph ܩ x729 ܩ 1833
072A Letter Rish ܪ x72A ܪ 1834
072B Letter Shin ܫ x72B ܫ 1835
072C Letter Taw ܬ x72C ܬ 1836

1.2 Points (vowels)

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex Decimal Rendering Decimal
0730 Pthaha Above ܰ◌ x730 ܰ◌ 1840
0731 Pthaha Below ܱ◌ x731 ܱ◌ 1841
0732 Pthaha Dotted ܲ◌ x732 ܲ◌ 1842
0733 Zqapha Above ܳ◌ x733 ܳ◌ 1843
0734 Zqapha Below ܴ◌ x734 ܴ◌ 1844
0735 Zqapa Dotted ܵ◌ x735 ܵ◌ 1845
0736 Rbasa Above ܶ◌ 736 ܶ◌ 1846
0737 Rbasa Below ܷ◌ x737 ܷ◌ 1847
0738 Dotted Zlama Horizontal ܸ◌ x738 ܸ◌ 1848
0739 Dotted Zlama Angular ܹ◌ x739 ܹ◌ 1849
073A Hbasa Above ܺ◌ x73A ܺ◌ 1850
073B Hbasa Below ܻ◌ x73B ܻ◌ 1851
073C Hbasa-Esasa Dotted ܼ◌ x73C ܼ◌ 1852
073D Esasa Above ܽ◌ x73D ܽ◌ 1853
073E Esasa Below ܾ◌ x73E ܾ◌ 1854
073F Rwaha ܿ◌ x73F ܿ◌ 1855

1.3 Marks

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex Decimal Rendering Decimal
0740 Feminine Dot ݀◌ x740 ݀◌ 1856
0741 Qushshaya ݁◌ x741 ݁◌ 1857
0742 Rukkakha ݂◌ x742 ݂◌ 1858
0743 Two Vertical Dots Above ݃◌ x743 ݃◌ 1859
0744 Two Vertical Dots Below ݄◌ x744 ݄◌ 1860
0745 Three Dots Above ݅◌ x745 ݅◌ 1861
0746 Three Dots Below ݆◌ x746 ݆◌ 1862
0747 Oblique Line Above ݇◌ x747 ݇◌ 1863
0748 Oblique Line Below ݈◌ x748 ݈◌ 1864
0749 Music ݉◌ x749 ݉◌ 1865
074A Barrekh ݊◌ x7A ݊◌ 1866

1.4 Punctuation and Signs

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex Decimal Rendering Decimal
0700 End of Paragraph ܀ x700 ܀ 1792
0701 Supralinear Full Stop ܁ x701 ܁ 1793
0702 Sublinear Full Stop ܂ x702 ܂ 1794
0703 Supralinear Colon ܃ x703 ܃ 1795
0704 Sublinear Colon ܄ x704 ܄ 1796
0705 Horizontal Colon ܅ x705 ܅ 1797
0706 Colon Skewed Left ܆ x706 ܆ 1798
0707 Colon Skewed Right ܇ x707 ܇ 1799
0708 Supralinear Colon Skewed Left ܈ x708 ܈ 1800
0709 Sublinear Colon Skewed Right ܉ x709 ܉ 1801
070A Contraction ܊ x70A ܊ 1802
070B Harklean Obelus ܋ x70B ܋ 1803
070C Harklean Metobelus ܌ x70C ܌ 1804
070D Harklean Asteriscus ܍ x70D ܍ 1805

1.5 Formal Control Characters

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex
070F Abbreviation Mark ܏ x70F
25CC Dotted Circle ◌ x25CC
200C Zero Width Non-Joiner (ZWNJ) ‌ x200C
200D Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) ‍ x200D
200E Left to Right (LTR) ‎ x200E
200F Right to Left (RTL) ‏ x200F

1.6 Miscellaneous Diacritic Use

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex Explanation
0303, 0330 Combining Tilde and Combining Tild Below ̃ ̰ x303, x330 These are used in Swadaya to indicate letters not found in Syriac.
0304, 0320 Combining Macron and Combining Minus Sign Below ̄ ̠ x304, x320 These are used for various purposes ranging from phonological to grammatical to orthographic markers.
0307, 0323 Combining Dot Above and Combining Dot Below ̇ ̣ x307, x323 These points are used for various purposes—grammatical, phonological, and otherwise. They differ typographically and semantically from qushshaya and rukkakha points, as well as the dotted vowel points.
0308 Combining Diaeresis ̈◌ x308 This is the plural marker. It is also used in Garshuni for the Arabic teh marbuta
030A, 0325 Combining Ring Above and Combining Ring Below ̊ ̥ x30A, x325 These are two other forms for the indication of qushshaya and rukkakha. They are used interchangeably with the U+0741 Syriac Qushshaya amd U+0742 Syriac Rukkakha, especially in West Syriac grammar books.
0324 Combining Diaeresis Below ̤◌ x324 This diacritic mark is found in ancient manuscripts. It has grammatical and phonological function.
032D Combining Circumflex Accent Below ̭◌ x32D This is one of the digit markers.
032E Combining Breve Below ̮◌ x32E This is a mark used in late and modern East Syriac texts, as well as Swadaya, to indicate a fricative pe.

1.7 Use of Arabic Block

Positions in UCS Character Hex Rendering Hex Explanation
0640 Arabic Tatweel ـ x640
060C Arabic Comma ، x60C
061B Arabic Semicolon ؛ x61B
061F Arabic Question Mark ؟ x61F
0651 Arabic Shadda ّ◌ x651 Used in core part of literary Syriac on top of a waw in the word "O".

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