Arabic Semicolon Letter
The Arabic semicolon (؛) is an Arabic punctuation mark used to end or separate sentences and clauses.
U+061B
The Arabic semicolon (؛) is a dedicated punctuation character in Unicode. It’s useful when writing Arabic text and you want punctuation that matches Arabic typography conventions. You can copy it directly or use its code point and escape forms in software.
Arabic Semicolon Letter Meaning
The Arabic semicolon “؛” is the Unicode character named ARABIC SEMICOLON with code point U+061B. It functions as a punctuation mark in Arabic writing, typically used to end a sentence or to separate parts of a text where a pause stronger than a comma is preferred. In practice, it helps structure sentences in Arabic prose, lists, and quoted material. When typesetting or generating Arabic content programmatically, using this specific character (rather than a Western semicolon ;) ) can improve visual consistency and avoid mismatched punctuation.
Common uses
- •Ending sentences in Arabic prose when a semicolon-level pause is needed
- •Separating clauses within a longer Arabic sentence
- •Punctuating items inside Arabic text blocks where list separators are required
- •Formatting quotations or dialogue in Arabic content
- •Using in web and app text to maintain Arabic punctuation consistency
Examples
؛ Arabic Semicolon (U+061B)
- ؛اذهب إلى المدرسة؛ ثم عد إلى المنزل.
- ؛قال الكاتب: أولاً نعرّف الفكرة؛ ثم نوضحها بالأمثلة.
- ؛في هذا الدرس ثلاث نقاط؛ الصياغة، الدلالة، والتنظيم.
- ؛تأكد من القراءة قبل النشر؛ لأن التعديلات قد تكون ضرورية.
- ؛أعِد كتابة الجملة؛ وراجع علامات الترقيم.
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+061B | |
| HTML Entity | ؛ | |
| HTML Code | ؛ | |
| CSS | \061B |
FAQ
What does the Arabic Semicolon letter mean?
The Arabic semicolon “؛” is the Unicode character named ARABIC SEMICOLON with code point U+061B. It functions as a punctuation mark in Arabic writing, typically used to end a sentence or to separate parts of a text where a pause stronger than a comma is preferred. In practice, it helps structure sentences in Arabic prose, lists, and quoted material. When typesetting or generating Arabic content programmatically, using this specific character (rather than a Western semicolon ;) ) can improve visual consistency and avoid mismatched punctuation.
Is “؛” the same as the regular semicolon “;”?
No. “؛” is the Arabic Semicolon (U+061B). The regular semicolon “;” is a different character (commonly the Latin semicolon) and they are not identical.
How do I type or insert the Arabic semicolon on the web?
You can copy the character “؛” directly, or use its Unicode code point U+061B. For HTML, you may use the entity “؛”.
What’s the HTML entity for this character?
The HTML entity for the Arabic semicolon is “؛”.
How can developers escape this character in JavaScript?
Use the provided JavaScript escape: “\\u{061B}”.