U+1EE2B "𞸫" Arabic Mathematical Initial Lam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞸫

U+1EE2B "𞸫" Arabic Mathematical Initial Lam is a glyph used within the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols block, designed specifically for representing the Arabic letter lam in its initial form within mathematical and scientific notation. This character is part of a larger system that provides distinct letter shapes for Arabic mathematical contexts, where letters often take on specific positional forms to align with the stylistic conventions of mathematical expressions. Unlike the standard Arabic letter lam used in general text, the initial lam in this mathematical set is rendered with a different calligraphic style, typically including a particular connecting stroke at its beginning to indicate its position at the start of a word or sequence. This allows mathematicians and scholars working in Arabic script to write equations and formulas with the same clarity and precision as those using Latin-based mathematical alphabets.

General Properties

Code Point U+1EE2B
Version Added 6.1
Name Arabic Mathematical Initial Lam
Block Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "Ù„" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞸫
HTML Hex Encoding 𞸫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0xB8 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83B 0xDE2B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001EE2B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83b\ude2b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "Ù„" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
NFKC Simple Casefold "Ù„" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Math Yes
Other Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter