U+05BC HEBREW POINT DAGESH OR MAPIQ

The Unicode character U+05BC, officially named HEBREW POINT DAGESH OR MAPIQ, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Hebrew block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as HEBREW POINT DAGESH.

Categorized technically as a Nonspacing Mark, this character typically falls under the Hebr script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is not a composition and has no designated width in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Unknown character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.