U+FC8C "ﲌ" Arabic Ligature Noon with Meem Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+FC8C "ﲌ" Arabic Ligature Noon with Meem Final Form is a typographic representation used in the Arabic script, specifically combining the letters noon (ن) and meem (م) into a single glyph designed for the final position of a word. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains precomposed forms intended for compatibility with older text rendering systems and specific calligraphic styles. It appears in contexts where the two consonants are connected, such as in words like "نعم" (meaning "yes"), to provide a more harmonized and efficient visual appearance. The character supports the Arabic language and related scripts by preserving traditional ligature structures that enhance readability and aesthetic flow in written text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FC8C
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Noon 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	"ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﲌ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﲌ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB2 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFC8C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FC8C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufc8c

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	"ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon "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