U+FBDB "ﯛ" Arabic Letter Yu Isolated Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FBDB "ﯛ" Arabic Letter Yu Isolated Form is a presentation form variant of the standard Arabic letter "و" (Waw), specifically used in certain styles of Arabic calligraphy and typesetting to represent the consonant sound /w/ or the long vowel /uː/ when it appears in an isolated, or standalone, position within a word. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, a legacy Unicode range that provides alternative glyph shapes for letters to facilitate proper rendering in right-to-left text, often for compatibility with older encoding systems. Unlike the basic Waw, the isolated form "ﯛ" may feature a distinct, elongated or stylized curve, particularly in Naskh or similar scripts, and is employed to ensure correct contextual shaping in digital text without relying on modern OpenType ligature substitutions.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﯛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﯛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xAF 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFBDB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FBDB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufbdb |
Unicode Properties