U+FBB0 "ﮰ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Hamza Above Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FBB0 "ﮰ" Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Hamza Above Isolated Form is a specialized glyph used in the Arabic script, representing the isolated form of the letter Yeh Barree (also known as Yeh with a tail or Yeh barree) combined with a hamza (glottal stop marker) placed above it. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block and is primarily employed in certain writing systems or orthographies for languages such as Urdu, Kashmiri, or other South Asian languages that extend the Arabic script, where it denotes a distinct phonetic value, often a long vowel sound or a specific consonant-vowel combination, particularly in contexts where the hamza indicates a glottal or emphatic articulation. Its isolated form means it appears on its own without connecting to adjacent letters, making it useful in certain typographic or calligraphic settings to represent the letter in word-initial or standalone positions.

General Properties

Code Point U+FBB0
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Hamza Above 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 "ۓ" U+06D3 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Hamza Above

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﮰ
HTML Hex Encoding ﮰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xAE 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFBB0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FBB0
C/C++/Java Escape \ufbb0

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 "ۓ" U+06D3 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Hamza Above
NFKC Simple Casefold "ۓ" U+06D3 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree with Hamza Above
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