U+FC93 "ﲓ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Meem Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+FC93 "ﲓ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Meem Final Form is a typographic representation used in Arabic script, specifically combining the letters Yeh (ي) and Meem (م) in a single ligature intended for the final position of a word. This character falls within the Unicode block for Arabic Presentation Forms-A, which was designed to support the calligraphic and context-sensitive shaping requirements of Arabic text, where certain letter combinations are merged for aesthetic or traditional reasons. The ligature serves to streamline written discourse, such as in formal documents or classic texts, by visually connecting the preceding form of Yeh to the final Meem, though its usage has become less common with modern digital fonts that automatically handle ligation through OpenType features.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FC93
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Yeh 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	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﲓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﲓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB2 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFC93
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FC93
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufc93

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	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "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