◌݊ Syriac Barrekh
U+074A
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ℹ️ About
The Syriac Barrekh (U+074A) is a Nonspacing Mark used in the Syriac script, predominantly within liturgical texts. As a combining character with a class of Above (230), it is designed to be positioned over a base letter to provide specific phonetic or liturgical emphasis. Understanding its bidirectional property as a Nonspacing Mark (NSM) is critical for ensuring it correctly “anchors” to base characters in RTL (Right-to-Left) text flows.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with ̇ (Combining Dot Above). The Barrekh is script-specific to Syriac.
⚡ Codes
HTML
݊
CSS
\074A
Python
\u074A
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