U+FBDE "ﯞ" Arabic Letter Ve Isolated Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FBDE "ﯞ" Arabic Letter Ve Isolated Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "Ve," which is used primarily in the Arabic script to represent a "v" sound, a consonant not native to Classical Arabic but necessary for writing loanwords from languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Turkish. This specific character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is designed for isolated contexts where the letter appears alone, distinct from its initial, medial, or final shapes. It consists of a base form similar to the Arabic letter "Fāʼ" but with three dots above its angled head, reflecting its adaptation for foreign phonetics. While modern digital fonts often handle the "Ve" sound through standard encoding, this presentation form provides a fixed glyph for precise typographic use in older systems or specialized text rendering.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﯞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﯞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xAF 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFBDE |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FBDE |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufbde |
Unicode Properties