U+FBAD "ﮭ" Arabic Letter Heh Doachashmee Medial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FBAD "ﮭ" Arabic Letter Heh Doachashmee Medial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "Heh" with a distinctive two dots (doachashmee) used in specific orthographic traditions, particularly in Persian and Urdu scripts. This medial variant appears in the middle of a word, linking to adjacent letters on both sides, and is employed to accurately represent the pronunciation of certain loanwords or native terms where the standard Heh would not suffice. Its inclusion in Unicode's Arabic Presentation Forms-A block ensures that digital text can faithfully render these typographically specialized characters as they appear in handwritten or calligraphic styles, preserving linguistic and textual authenticity in contexts such as religious manuscripts or historical documents.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﮭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﮭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xAE 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFBAD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FBAD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufbad |
Unicode Properties