U+FC7D "ﱽ" Arabic Ligature Feh with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FC7D "ﱽ" Arabic Ligature Feh with Yeh Final Form is a typographic presentation form found in the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, representing a ligature of the Arabic letters Feh (ف) and Yeh (ي) combined into a single glyph. This form is specifically designed for use in final position within a word, where the joined letters create a smooth, calligraphic connection as part of traditional Arabic script rendering. It is not a standard semantic character but rather a stylistic variant used primarily for compatibility with legacy text and to preserve the visual aesthetics of Arabic calligraphy in digital typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+FC7D
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Feh 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 "ف" U+0641 Arabic Letter Feh
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﱽ
HTML Hex Encoding ﱽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB1 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFC7D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FC7D
C/C++/Java Escape \ufc7d

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 "ف" U+0641 Arabic Letter Feh
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold "ف" U+0641 Arabic Letter Feh
"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