U+FB20 "ﬠ" Hebrew Letter Alternative Ayin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FB20 "ﬠ" Hebrew Letter Alternative Ayin is a typographic variant of the standard Hebrew letter Ayin, encoded in the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block. This character represents an alternate form of Ayin often used in historical or calligraphic contexts, particularly in early Hebrew printing or handwritten scripts where the letter may appear with a more open or angled shape compared to the modern standard Ayin. Its inclusion in Unicode helps support faithful digital representation of older texts and specialized typography, though it is rarely used in contemporary Hebrew writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FB20 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Alternative Ayin |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ע" U+05E2 Hebrew Letter Ayin |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﬠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﬠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFB20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FB20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufb20 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Hebrew Letter |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ע" U+05E2 Hebrew Letter Ayin |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ע" U+05E2 Hebrew Letter Ayin |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Script Extensions | Hebrew |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Hebrew Letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |