U+FB5C "ﭜ" Arabic Letter Beheh Initial Form Unicode Character

U+FB5C "ﭜ" Arabic Letter Beheh Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "beheh" that appears only at the beginning of a word when connected to the following letter, specifically designed for use in complex text layout systems to ensure correct calligraphic joining. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which contains contextual glyph variants needed for accurate rendering of Arabic script in digital environments. Unlike standard Unicode Arabic letters, which have automatic shaping, this encoded form explicitly specifies the initial position style, typically used in historical texts or specialized typography where precise control over letterforms is required.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FB5C
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Letter Beheh Initial Form
Block	Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type	Initial
Decomposition Mapping	"ڀ" U+0680 Arabic Letter Beheh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﭜ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﭜ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xAD 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFB5C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FB5C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufb5c

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	"ڀ" U+0680 Arabic Letter Beheh
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ڀ" U+0680 Arabic Letter Beheh
Script	Arabic
Script Extensions	Arabic
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	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter