U+FC79 "ﱹ" Arabic Ligature Theh with Noon Final Form Unicode Character

U+FC79 "ﱹ" Arabic Ligature Theh with Noon Final Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script block, representing the combined appearance of the Arabic letters Theh (ث) and Noon (ن) when they occur at the end of a word. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A range, which provides precomposed glyphs for common letter combinations that ensure proper cursive joining and visual harmony in complex text layouts. Used primarily in traditional or decorative Arabic calligraphy and typography, it helps maintain consistent spacing and aesthetic alignment by fusing the tail of the final Theh with the distinct shape of the final Noon.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FC79
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Theh with Noon 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	"ث" U+062B Arabic Letter Theh "ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﱹ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﱹ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB1 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFC79
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FC79
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufc79

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	"ث" U+062B Arabic Letter Theh "ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ث" U+062B Arabic Letter Theh "ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon
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