U+FBAF "ﮯ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree Final Form Unicode Character

U+FBAF "ﮯ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree Final Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter Yeh Barree, specifically designed to appear in its final position within a word, connecting to the preceding character from the right. It represents the same sound as the standard Arabic letter Yeh, typically a long "ee" vowel or a consonant "y" sound, but its distinct glyph features a curved tail extending below the baseline. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which includes variant shapes for improved typographic rendering in complex text layouts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FBAF
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Letter Yeh Barree Final Form
Block	Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type	Final
Decomposition Mapping	"ے" U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﮯ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﮯ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xAE 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFBAF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FBAF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufbaf

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	"ے" U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ے" U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree
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