U+FCB3 "ﲳ" Arabic Ligature Sad with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character

U+FCB3 "ﲳ" Arabic Ligature Sad with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in Arabic script, representing the joined forms of the letters sad (ص) and meem (م) at the beginning of a word, known as an initial form. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which contains precomposed ligatures designed to facilitate digital rendering of traditional calligraphic styles and complex text layouts. Its purpose is to preserve the visual continuity and aesthetic of handwritten Arabic in digital environments, particularly when the two letters connect seamlessly in word initial positions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FCB3
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Sad 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	"ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﲳ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﲳ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB2 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFCB3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FCB3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufcb3

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	"ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad "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