U+FBC4 "" Arabic Ligature Daamat Barakaatuhum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FBC4 "" Arabic Ligature Daamat Barakaatuhum is a typographic ligature used in Arabic script representation, specifically combining the phrase "daamat barakaatuhum," which translates to "may their blessings endure" and is often employed as a respectful honorific in religious or formal texts. This ligature belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block in Unicode and serves as a visual abbreviation that streamlines the display of this common benediction in printed or digital media, ensuring fidelity to traditional calligraphic conventions where multiple letters are joined into a single glyph for aesthetic and practical reasons.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FBC4 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Daamat Barakaatuhum |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﯄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﯄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAF 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFBC4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FBC4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufbc4 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Arabic |
| Script Extensions | Arabic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |