U+FBF1 "ﯱ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with U Final Form Unicode Character
U+FBF1 "ﯱ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with U Final Form is a presentation form character used in Arabic script calligraphy and typography, specifically designed to represent a ligature combining two distinct characters: a Yeh with Hamza Above (یٔ) and a Waw (و) in their final forms, where the Yeh carries a hamza symbol and the Waw connects fluidly. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block and is primarily employed in Quranic texts or stylized writing to ensure visual harmony and proper joining when these letters appear at the end of a word. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates precise digital rendering of traditional Arabic orthography, where ligatures like this are essential for accurate representation of specific phonetic combinations, such as in words from Arabic, Persian, or Urdu languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FBF1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with U Final Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Final |
| 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 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFBF1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FBF1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufbf1 |