U+1EE80 "𞺀" Arabic Mathematical Looped Alef Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞺀
U+1EE80 "𞺀" Arabic Mathematical Looped Alef is a specialized symbol used in Arabic mathematical notation, designed to represent the Arabic letter alef in an ornate, looped form for algebraic and geometric contexts. It belongs to the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols block, which was introduced in Unicode 6.1 to support advanced typesetting of Arabic expressions in mathematics, science, and engineering. This character allows authors to clearly distinguish between the base letter alef used in text and its mathematical variant, enabling precise communication in scholarly works where Arabic script interacts with symbolic equations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1EE80 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Arabic Mathematical Looped Alef |
| Block | Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞺀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞺀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xBA 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83B 0xDE80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001EE80 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83b\ude80 |
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 | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef |
| 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 |