U+FCBC "ﲼ" Arabic Ligature Ghain with Jeem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+FCBC "ﲼ" Arabic Ligature Ghain with Jeem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically combining the letters ghain (gh) and jeem (j) into a single glyph when they appear at the beginning of a word or syllable. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which was designed to represent contextual letter forms for improved text rendering in older or specialized systems. The ligature reflects the cursive nature of Arabic calligraphy, where adjacent letters often merge for aesthetic and phonetic flow, and it is primarily employed in settings that require precise representation of traditional or formal written Arabic, such as in certain printed texts or digital applications that prioritize character accuracy over modern dynamic font substitution.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FCBC
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Ghain with Jeem 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	"غ" U+063A Arabic Letter Ghain "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﲼ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﲼ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB2 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFCBC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FCBC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufcbc

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	"غ" U+063A Arabic Letter Ghain "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
NFKC Simple Casefold	"غ" U+063A Arabic Letter Ghain "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
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