U+FCA8 "ﲨ" Arabic Ligature Jeem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+FCA8 "ﲨ" Arabic Ligature Jeem with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature representing the joined form of the Arabic letters Jeem (ج) and Meem (م) as they appear at the beginning of a word. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains specialized glyphs designed to replicate traditional calligraphic styles for better text rendering in older systems. Unlike standard Unicode Arabic characters that automatically shape themselves based on context, U+FCA8 is a predefined, positional variant meant specifically for the initial or isolated display of this two-letter combination. Its use helps maintain the visual integrity of complex Arabic script in digital environments where automated shaping may not be supported.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FCA8
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Jeem with Meem 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	"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﲨ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﲨ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB2 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFCA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FCA8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufca8

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	"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "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