U+FC69 "ﱩ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FC69 "ﱩ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Yeh Final Form is a typographic compound glyph used in the Arabic script, specifically designed for the positional rendering of two distinct characters joined together. It combines the letter Yeh with a Hamza diacritic above (ء + ي) followed by a standalone Yeh (ي) into a single cursive form that appears only at the end of a word. This ligature helps preserve the correct orthographic representation in written Arabic, particularly in texts that employ the traditional Naskh or Nastaliq calligraphic styles, ensuring the hamza is properly placed and the connecting strokes flow smoothly. While not commonly used in modern digital typography due to Unicode's preference for dynamic shaping, it remains part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block for compatibility with older systems and specialized typesetting.

General Properties

Code Point U+FC69
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Yeh 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
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﱩ
HTML Hex Encoding ﱩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB1 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFC69
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FC69
C/C++/Java Escape \ufc69

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ئ" U+0626 Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold "ئ" U+0626 Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter