U+FBF0 "ﯰ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with U Isolated Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ﯰ
U+FBF0 "ﯰ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with U Isolated Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically designed for the presentation of the isolated form of a compound glyph that combines a “yeh” letter with a hamza above (representing the glottal stop “ʾ”) and a following “u” vowel sign (the ḍammah), typically appearing in decorative or calligraphic texts to ensure proper visual alignment and stylistic elegance. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block and is primarily utilized in contexts such as religious manuscripts or traditional typography where precise, cursive-shaped letter interactions are required, though it is not intended for standard text encoding or plain text exchange.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FBF0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with U Isolated Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Isolated |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ئ" U+0626 Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above "ۇ" U+06C7 Arabic Letter U |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﯰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﯰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAF 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFBF0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FBF0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufbf0 |