U+FB26 "ﬦ" Hebrew Letter Wide Final Mem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FB26 "ﬦ" Hebrew Letter Wide Final Mem is a typographic variant of the final form of the Hebrew letter Mem, which is used at the end of words, and this specific "wide" version is designed with a broader, more horizontally extended shape often found in certain historical or calligraphic Hebrew texts, particularly those aiming for a more elaborate or formal appearance. Unlike the standard final Mem (ם), this wide glyph is part of Unicode's "Alphabetic Presentation Forms" block, which includes stylized or contextual letter shapes intended to preserve the visual fidelity of printed works, though it is rarely needed in modern digital text. Its purpose is to faithfully represent the character as it appears in sources like early printed Hebrew Bibles or liturgical manuscripts, where spacing and aesthetic considerations led to the use of such wider letterforms.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﬦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﬦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xAC 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFB26 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FB26 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufb26 |
Unicode Properties