# ـ U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL

Arabic kashida, a horizontal stroke used to stretch or justify Arabic text or to carry vowel marks without a letter; also used in Syriac and others.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ـ` |
| Codepoint | U+0640 |
| Name | ARABIC TATWEEL |
| Also known as | kashida |
| Block | [Arabic](https://unicodekit.com/block/arabic) |
| Script | Adlam, Arabic, Hanifi_Rohingya, Mandaic, Manichaean, Old_Uyghur, Psalter_Pahlavi, Sogdian, Syriac |
| Category | Modifier Letter (Lm) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ـ` `ـ` |
| CSS | `\640` |
| JavaScript | `\u0640` |
| UTF-8 | D9 80 |
| UTF-16 | 0640 |

## Notes

- inserted to stretch characters or to carry tashkil with no base letter
- also used with Adlam, Hanifi Rohingya, Mandaic, Manichaean, Psalter Pahlavi, Sogdian, and Syriac

## Related characters

- ؿ [U+063F ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/063F)
- ف [U+0641 ARABIC LETTER FEH](https://unicodekit.com/char/0641)
- ؾ [U+063E ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH WITH TWO DOTS ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/063E)
- ق [U+0642 ARABIC LETTER QAF](https://unicodekit.com/char/0642)
- ؽ [U+063D ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH WITH INVERTED V](https://unicodekit.com/char/063D)
- ك [U+0643 ARABIC LETTER KAF](https://unicodekit.com/char/0643)
- ؼ [U+063C ARABIC LETTER KEHEH WITH THREE DOTS BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/063C)
- ل [U+0644 ARABIC LETTER LAM](https://unicodekit.com/char/0644)
- ػ [U+063B ARABIC LETTER KEHEH WITH TWO DOTS ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/063B)
- م [U+0645 ARABIC LETTER MEEM](https://unicodekit.com/char/0645)
- غ [U+063A ARABIC LETTER GHAIN](https://unicodekit.com/char/063A)
- ن [U+0646 ARABIC LETTER NOON](https://unicodekit.com/char/0646)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0640 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0640