U+1EE89 "𞺉" Arabic Mathematical Looped Yeh Unicode Character

U+1EE89 "𞺉" Arabic Mathematical Looped Yeh is a specialized symbol belonging to the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in version 6.1.0 released in 2012. It represents a distinctive looped variant of the Arabic letter Yeh, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where Arabic letters serve as variables or operators, enabling clear distinction from standard text. This character supports the growing need for encoding mathematical expressions in Arabic script contexts, such as in algebra, equations, or formal logic, and it is typically rendered in a stylized form with a closed loop to differentiate it from its standard typographic counterpart.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1EE89
Version Added	6.1
Name	Arabic Mathematical Looped Yeh
Block	Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞺉
HTML Hex Encoding	𞺉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0xBA 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83B 0xDE89
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001EE89
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83b\ude89

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	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
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