U+FCDE "ﳞ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Heh Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ﳞ
U+FCDE "ﳞ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Heh Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically representing the combination of the letters Yeh (ﻱ) and Heh (ﻩ) positioned in their initial forms. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which contains specialized ligatures and contextual forms designed to accurately render traditional calligraphic and typeset Arabic texts. It appears at the beginning of a word where the connected Yeh and Heh share a joined shape, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper visual representation in digital environments that support complex script rendering.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FCDE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Yeh with Heh 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 "ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﳞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﳞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB3 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFCDE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FCDE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufcde |
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 "ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh |
| 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 |