“ؗ” U+0617: Arabic Small High Zain

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The Arabic Small High Zain (U+0617) is a specialized nonspacing mark used in high-precision Arabic typography, often found in Quranic or classical texts. As a character in the “Above” combining class, it stacks vertically over base letters. It was introduced in Unicode 5.1 to support specific orthographic traditions where a miniature ‘Zain’ serves as an annotation or pronunciation guide.

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