U+FCEC "ﳬ" Arabic Ligature Kaf with Meem Medial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+FCEC "ﳬ" Arabic Ligature Kaf with Meem Medial Form is a special typographic presentation form used in Arabic script calligraphy and advanced text rendering. It represents a connected glyph that combines the Arabic letter Kaf (ك) with the Arabic letter Meem (م) in their medial forms, meaning both letters are positioned in the middle of a word where they join with preceding and following characters. This ligature is part of the Unicode Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which encodes contextual shapes of Arabic letters to preserve traditional manuscript styles or digital font specifications. Its use ensures accurate visual representation in contexts where standard Unicode Arabic text may not automatically generate the preferred cursive connection, such as in historical texts, religious manuscripts, or specialized typesetting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FCEC
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Kaf with Meem Medial Form
Block	Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type	Medial
Decomposition Mapping	"ك" U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﳬ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﳬ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB3 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFCEC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FCEC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufcec

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	"ك" U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ك" U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf "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