U+FC98 "ﲘ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Hah Initial Form Unicode Character
U+FC98 "ﲘ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Hah Initial Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script presentation forms block, specifically designed to represent a connected initial form of the letter hah following a yeh with hamza above. This ligature visually merges the two characters into a single glyph for improved calligraphic harmony and consistent spacing in Arabic text rendering, particularly in situations where the yeh carrying a hamza appears at the start of a word and is immediately followed by an initial-position hah. It is part of a larger set of presentation forms that support complex text layout for languages using the Arabic script, such as Arabic, Urdu, and Persian, and is typically used in digital fonts to maintain proper cursive connections and aesthetic flow within words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FC98 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Hah Initial Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Initial |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ئ" U+0626 Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﲘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﲘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB2 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFC98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FC98 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufc98 |