U+FBA6 "ﮦ" Arabic Letter Heh Goal Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FBA6 "ﮦ" Arabic Letter Heh Goal Isolated Form is a typographic variation of the Arabic letter “heh” (U+0647), specifically designed for the isolated position in writing systems that use the Perso-Arabic script. This character is known as the “goal” form and is primarily used in the Uyghur language and other Central Asian Turkic languages, where it represents a distinct sound or syllable boundary that differs from the standard Arabic “heh.” Its isolated shape features a tall, rounder loop and a more pronounced downward tail, helping to ensure clear distinction in text where letter forms must be unambiguous at the start or end of a word. The inclusion of this character in Unicode supports accurate digital representation of these languages, preserving their script’s visual and phonetic nuances.

General Properties

Code Point U+FBA6
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Heh Goal Isolated Form
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Isolated
Decomposition Mapping "ہ" U+06C1 Arabic Letter Heh Goal

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﮦ
HTML Hex Encoding ﮦ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xAE 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFBA6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FBA6
C/C++/Java Escape \ufba6

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 "ہ" U+06C1 Arabic Letter Heh Goal
NFKC Simple Casefold "ہ" U+06C1 Arabic Letter Heh Goal
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