U+1EE8F "𞺏" Arabic Mathematical Looped Ain Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞺏
U+1EE8F "𞺏" Arabic Mathematical Looped Ain is a specialized glyph used in the Arabic mathematical alphabet notation, designed for representing the Arabic letter 'Ain (ع) in a looped, stylistic variant intended for mathematical and scientific contexts, such as denoting variables, constants, or functions in formal writing. It belongs to the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols block, which provides distinct letterforms to avoid confusion with standard text and ensures precise notation in academic disciplines. This character allows researchers and scholars to incorporate Arabic script into mathematical expressions while maintaining visual clarity and semantic accuracy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1EE8F |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Arabic Mathematical Looped Ain |
| Block | Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞺏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞺏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0xBA 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83B 0xDE8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001EE8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83b\ude8f |
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 | "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain |
| 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 |