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A whole blessing in one character.
Also known as: Peace be upon him sign, SAW sign
The Arabic character standing for the blessing said after the name of the Prophet Muhammad.
Stands for the whole formula of blessing pronounced after the Prophet's name.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Compresses a seven-word phrase into a single character, which is the most extreme word-level abbreviation in any encoded script and exists because the phrase is written so often that a normal abbreviation would still be too long.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Written and read as the full formula, not as an abbreviation to be expanded by the reader — the character is the phrase rather than a shorthand for it.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A dense horizontal ligature of a full phrase compressed into one character-width, the letters overlapping and stacked rather than set in sequence.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.