U+FCDB "ﳛ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hah Initial Form Unicode Character

U+FCDB "ﳛ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hah Initial Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script block, specifically encoded for presentation forms. It represents the combined initial form of two letters, Yeh (ي) and Hah (ح), which are joined together as a single glyph for cursive calligraphic or typesetting purposes. This character is typically used in contexts where precise orthographic rendering is required, such as in printed or digital Arabic text, and it is part of the larger set of Arabic presentation forms that help replicate the complex joining rules of the script. Its encoding aids in supporting legacy text or specialized rendering systems that rely on precomposed ligatures.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FCDB
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Yeh 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	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﳛ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﳛ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB3 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFCDB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FCDB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufcdb

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 "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah
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