U+FBCF "﯏" Arabic Ligature Hafizahumaa Allaahu Taaalaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FBCF "﯏" Arabic Ligature Hafizahumaa Allaahu Taaalaa is a specialized typographic symbol used in Arabic calligraphy and religious texts to represent a specific honorific phrase. This single code point combines the Arabic words "حفيظهما الله تعالى" meaning "May Allah, the Most High, protect them both" into a compact ligature often applied in Islamic manuscripts and digital typesetting to streamline the appearance of prayers or blessings, particularly when referencing two individuals. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent rendering across platforms for scholarly works, liturgical documents, and other formal Arabic writing that requires precise representation of devotional formulas.

General Properties

Code Point U+FBCF
Version Added 17.0
Name Arabic Ligature Hafizahumaa Allaahu Taaalaa
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFBCF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FBCF
C/C++/Java Escape \ufbcf

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