U+FBC9 "﯉" Arabic Ligature Rahimahumaa Allaah Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FBC9 "﯉" Arabic Ligature Rahimahumaa Allaah is a specialized typographic symbol used in Islamic Arabic calligraphy and text rendering to represent the Arabic supplication phrase "رَحِمَهُمَا الله" (Rahimahumaa Allaah), which translates to "May Allah have mercy on both of them." This ligature combines the necessary Arabic letters into a single, compact glyph, primarily appearing in religious or historical texts where the invocation is made for two specific individuals, often parents or revered figures. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and fonts, preserving the integrity of devotional scripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+FBC9
Version Added 17.0
Name Arabic Ligature Rahimahumaa Allaah
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 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFBC9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FBC9
C/C++/Java Escape \ufbc9

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