The Syriac range was introduced with version 3.0 of the Unicode Standard. Syriac is the right-to-left script that is used for the Syriac language, which belongs to the Semitic group and is mostly confined to liturgical use in Christian churches in the Middle East and in south-east India, although there are also some native speakers in the Middle East. It is also sometimes used for printing modern and classical Aramaic. You can see some Unicode Syriac on Abed Dawod’s test pageand on The Lord's Prayer page.
Microsoft Windows incorporates support for Syriac Unicode from Windows XP onwards.
A Syriac Unicode keyboard layout for Mac OS X 10.2 can be downloaded from Aramaic Keyboards for Mac OS X; it has been produced by Steve Caruso.
The characters that appear in the first column of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts Code2000, East Syriac Adiabene, East Syriac Ctesiphon, Estrangelo Antioch, Estrangelo Edessa, Estrangelo Midyat, Estrangelo Nisibin, Estrangelo Nisibin Outline, Estrangelo Quenneshrin, Estrangelo Talada, Estrangelo TurAbdin, Free Sans, Serto Batnan, Serto Jerusalem, Serto Jerusalem Outline, Serto Kharput, Serto Malankara, Serto Mardin, Serto Urhoy, Sun-ExtA and TITUS Cyberbit Basic.
To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, or WunderMoosen’s FontChecker.
If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0700.pdf.
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Name |
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܀ | 1792 | ܀ | 0700 | SYRIAC END OF PARAGRAPH |
܁ | 1793 | ܁ | 0701 | SYRIAC SUPRALINEAR FULL STOP |
܂ | 1794 | ܂ | 0702 | SYRIAC SUBLINEAR FULL STOP |
܃ | 1795 | ܃ | 0703 | SYRIAC SUPRALINEAR COLON |
܄ | 1796 | ܄ | 0704 | SYRIAC SUBLINEAR COLON |
܅ | 1797 | ܅ | 0705 | SYRIAC HORIZONTAL COLON |
܆ | 1798 | ܆ | 0706 | SYRIAC COLON SKEWED LEFT |
܇ | 1799 | ܇ | 0707 | SYRIAC COLON SKEWED RIGHT |
܈ | 1800 | ܈ | 0708 | SYRIAC SUPRALINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT |
܉ | 1801 | ܉ | 0709 | SYRIAC SUBLINEAR COLON SKEWED RIGHT |
܊ | 1802 | ܊ | 070A | SYRIAC CONTRACTION |
܋ | 1803 | ܋ | 070B | SYRIAC HARKLEAN OBELUS |
܌ | 1804 | ܌ | 070C | SYRIAC HARKLEAN METOBELUS |
܍ | 1805 | ܍ | 070D | SYRIAC HARKLEAN ASTERISCUS |
| 1807 | | 070F | SYRIAC ABBREVIATION MARK |
ܐ | 1808 | ܐ | 0710 | SYRIAC LETTER ALAPH |
ܘܑ | 1809 | ܘܑ | 0711 | SYRIAC LETTER SUPERSCRIPT ALAPH (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܒ | 1810 | ܒ | 0712 | SYRIAC LETTER BETH |
ܓ | 1811 | ܓ | 0713 | SYRIAC LETTER GAMAL |
ܔ | 1812 | ܔ | 0714 | SYRIAC LETTER GAMAL GARSHUNI |
ܕ | 1813 | ܕ | 0715 | SYRIAC LETTER DALATH |
ܖ | 1814 | ܖ | 0716 | SYRIAC LETTER DOTLESS DALATH RISH |
ܗ | 1815 | ܗ | 0717 | SYRIAC LETTER HE |
ܘ | 1816 | ܘ | 0718 | SYRIAC LETTER WAW |
ܙ | 1817 | ܙ | 0719 | SYRIAC LETTER ZAIN |
ܚ | 1818 | ܚ | 071A | SYRIAC LETTER HETH |
ܛ | 1819 | ܛ | 071B | SYRIAC LETTER TETH |
ܜ | 1820 | ܜ | 071C | SYRIAC LETTER TETH GARSHUNI |
ܝ | 1821 | ܝ | 071D | SYRIAC LETTER YUDH |
ܞ | 1822 | ܞ | 071E | SYRIAC LETTER YUDH HE |
ܟ | 1823 | ܟ | 071F | SYRIAC LETTER KAPH |
ܠ | 1824 | ܠ | 0720 | SYRIAC LETTER LAMADH |
ܡ | 1825 | ܡ | 0721 | SYRIAC LETTER MIM |
ܢ | 1826 | ܢ | 0722 | SYRIAC LETTER NUN |
ܣ | 1827 | ܣ | 0723 | SYRIAC LETTER SEMKATH |
ܤ | 1828 | ܤ | 0724 | SYRIAC LETTER FINAL SEMKATH |
ܥ | 1829 | ܥ | 0725 | SYRIAC LETTER E |
ܦ | 1830 | ܦ | 0726 | SYRIAC LETTER PE |
ܧ | 1831 | ܧ | 0727 | SYRIAC LETTER REVERSED PE |
ܨ | 1832 | ܨ | 0728 | SYRIAC LETTER SADHE |
ܩ | 1833 | ܩ | 0729 | SYRIAC LETTER QAPH |
ܪ | 1834 | ܪ | 072A | SYRIAC LETTER RISH |
ܫ | 1835 | ܫ | 072B | SYRIAC LETTER SHIN |
ܬ | 1836 | ܬ | 072C | SYRIAC LETTER TAW |
ܭ | 1837 | ܭ | 072D | SYRIAC LETTER PERSIAN BHETH |
ܮ | 1838 | ܮ | 072E | SYRIAC LETTER PERSIAN GHAMAL |
ܯ | 1839 | ܯ | 072F | SYRIAC LETTER PERSIAN DHALATH |
ܘܰ | 1840 | ܘܰ | 0730 | SYRIAC PTHAHA ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܱ | 1841 | ܘܱ | 0731 | SYRIAC PTHAHA BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܲ | 1842 | ܘܲ | 0732 | SYRIAC PTHAHA DOTTED (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܳ | 1843 | ܘܳ | 0733 | SYRIAC ZQAPHA ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܴ | 1844 | ܘܴ | 0734 | SYRIAC ZQAPHA BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܵ | 1845 | ܘܵ | 0735 | SYRIAC ZQAPHA DOTTED (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܶ | 1846 | ܘܶ | 0736 | SYRIAC RBASA ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܷ | 1847 | ܘܷ | 0737 | SYRIAC RBASA BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܸ | 1848 | ܘܸ | 0738 | SYRIAC DOTTED ZLAMA HORIZONTAL (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܹ | 1849 | ܘܹ | 0739 | SYRIAC DOTTED ZLAMA ANGULAR (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܺ | 1850 | ܘܺ | 073A | SYRIAC HBASA ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܻ | 1851 | ܘܻ | 073B | SYRIAC HBASA BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܼ | 1852 | ܘܼ | 073C | SYRIAC HBASA-ESASA DOTTED (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܽ | 1853 | ܘܽ | 073D | SYRIAC ESASA ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܾ | 1854 | ܘܾ | 073E | SYRIAC ESASA BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘܿ | 1855 | ܘܿ | 073F | SYRIAC RWAHA (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݀ | 1856 | ܘ݀ | 0740 | SYRIAC FEMININE DOT (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݁ | 1857 | ܘ݁ | 0741 | SYRIAC QUSHSHAYA (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݂ | 1858 | ܘ݂ | 0742 | SYRIAC RUKKAKHA (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݃ | 1859 | ܘ݃ | 0743 | SYRIAC TWO VERTICAL DOTS ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݄ | 1860 | ܘ݄ | 0744 | SYRIAC TWO VERTICAL DOTS BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݅ | 1861 | ܘ݅ | 0745 | SYRIAC THREE DOTS ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݆ | 1862 | ܘ݆ | 0746 | SYRIAC THREE DOTS BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݇ | 1863 | ܘ݇ | 0747 | SYRIAC OBLIQUE LINE ABOVE (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݈ | 1864 | ܘ݈ | 0748 | SYRIAC OBLIQUE LINE BELOW (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݉ | 1865 | ܘ݉ | 0749 | SYRIAC MUSIC (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ܘ݊ | 1866 | ܘ݊ | 074A | SYRIAC BARREKH (combined with waw (ܘ)) |
ݍ | 1869 | ݍ | 074D | SYRIAC LETTER SOGDIAN ZHAIN |
ݎ | 1870 | ݎ | 074E | SYRIAC LETTER SOGDIAN KHAPH |
ݏ | 1871 | ݏ | 074F | SYRIAC LETTER SOGDIAN FE |
Copyright © 1999–2009 Alan Wood
The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 4.0 Character Database, Copyright © 1991–2003 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData-Latest.txt on the Unicode ftp site (ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in June 2003.
Created 4th October 1999 Last updated 25th November 2009