Encoding Schemes
Below is a reference conversion table of Arabic to Buckwalter (BW), Safe Buckwalter (Safe BW), XML Buckwalter (XML BW), and Habash-Soudi-Buckwalter (HSB) transliteration schemes.
Unicode |
Arabic |
BW |
Safe BW |
XML BW |
HSB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\u0621 |
ء |
‘ |
C |
‘ |
‘ |
\u0622 |
آ |
| |
M |
| |
Ā |
\u0623 |
أ |
> |
O |
O |
 |
\u0624 |
ؤ |
& |
W |
W |
ŵ |
\u0625 |
إ |
< |
I |
I |
Ă |
\u0626 |
ئ |
} |
Q |
} |
ŷ |
\u0627 |
ا |
A |
A |
A |
A |
\u0628 |
ب |
b |
b |
b |
b |
\u0629 |
ة |
p |
p |
p |
ħ |
\u062A |
ت |
t |
t |
t |
t |
\u062B |
ث |
v |
v |
v |
θ |
\u062C |
ج |
j |
j |
j |
j |
\u062D |
ح |
H |
H |
H |
H |
\u062E |
خ |
x |
x |
x |
x |
\u062F |
د |
d |
d |
d |
d |
\u0630 |
ذ |
* |
V |
* |
ð |
\u0631 |
ر |
r |
r |
r |
r |
\u0632 |
ز |
z |
z |
z |
z |
\u0633 |
س |
s |
s |
s |
s |
\u0634 |
ش |
$ |
c |
$ |
š |
\u0635 |
ص |
S |
S |
S |
S |
\u0636 |
ض |
D |
D |
D |
D |
\u0637 |
ط |
T |
T |
T |
T |
\u0638 |
ظ |
Z |
Z |
Z |
Ď |
\u0639 |
ع |
E |
E |
E |
ς |
\u063A |
غ |
g |
g |
g |
γ |
\u0640 |
ـ |
_ |
_ |
_ |
_ |
\u0641 |
ف |
f |
f |
f |
f |
\u0642 |
ق |
q |
q |
q |
q |
\u0643 |
ك |
k |
k |
k |
k |
\u0644 |
ل |
l |
l |
l |
l |
\u0645 |
م |
m |
m |
m |
m |
\u0646 |
ن |
n |
n |
n |
n |
\u0647 |
ه |
h |
h |
h |
h |
\u0648 |
و |
w |
w |
w |
w |
\u0649 |
ى |
Y |
Y |
Y |
ý |
\u064A |
ي |
y |
y |
y |
y |
\u064B |
ً |
F |
F |
F |
ã |
\u064C |
ٌ |
N |
N |
N |
ũ |
\u064D |
ٍ |
K |
K |
K |
ĩ |
\u064E |
َ |
a |
a |
a |
a |
\u064F |
ُ |
u |
u |
u |
u |
\u0650 |
ِ |
i |
i |
i |
i |
\u0651 |
ّ |
~ |
~ |
~ |
~ |
\u0652 |
ْ |
o |
o |
o |
. |
\u0670 |
ٰ |
` |
e |
` |
á |
\u0671 |
ٱ |
{ |
L |
{ |
Ä |
\u067E |
پ |
P |
P |
P |
p |
\u0686 |
چ |
J |
J |
J |
c |
\u06A4 |
ڤ |
V |
B |
V |
v |
\u06AF |
گ |
G |
G |
G |
g |