U+FC6C "ﱬ" Arabic Ligature Beh with Meem Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FC6C "ﱬ" Arabic Ligature Beh with Meem Final Form is a typographic ligature representing the joined form of the Arabic letter Beh (ب) followed by the letter Meem (م), specifically designed for the final position of a word. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which contains precomposed ligatures used in traditional calligraphy and modern typesetting to create visually cohesive, connected script. In its final form, the Beh (ب) retains its distinctive base curve while the Meem (م) appears as a closed, rounded shape attached to its left, allowing for a seamless flowing appearance in Arabic text.

General Properties

Code Point U+FC6C
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Beh with Meem 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 "ب" U+0628 Arabic Letter Beh
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﱬ
HTML Hex Encoding ﱬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB1 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFC6C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FC6C
C/C++/Java Escape \ufc6c

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 "ب" U+0628 Arabic Letter Beh
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold "ب" U+0628 Arabic Letter Beh
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
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