# U+0653 ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE

Arabic maddah, a wavy tilde-like mark above a letter indicating vowel lengthening, as on alif madda.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0653 |
| Name | ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE |
| Block | [Arabic](https://unicodekit.com/block/arabic) |
| Script | Arabic, Syriac |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 3.0 |
| HTML | `ٓ` `ٓ` |
| CSS | `\653` |
| JavaScript | `\u0653` |
| UTF-8 | D9 93 |
| UTF-16 | 0653 |

## Notes

- used for madd jaa'iz in South Asian and Indonesian orthographies

## Related characters

- [U+0652 ARABIC SUKUN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0652)
- [U+0654 ARABIC HAMZA ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0654)
- [U+0651 ARABIC SHADDA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0651)
- [U+0655 ARABIC HAMZA BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0655)
- [U+0650 ARABIC KASRA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0650)
- [U+0656 ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF](https://unicodekit.com/char/0656)
- [U+064F ARABIC DAMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/064F)
- [U+0657 ARABIC INVERTED DAMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0657)
- [U+064E ARABIC FATHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/064E)
- [U+0658 ARABIC MARK NOON GHUNNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0658)
- [U+064D ARABIC KASRATAN](https://unicodekit.com/char/064D)
- [U+0659 ARABIC ZWARAKAY](https://unicodekit.com/char/0659)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0653 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0653