U+FCF9 "ﳹ" Arabic Ligature Ghain with Alef Maksura Isolated Form Unicode Character
U+FCF9 "ﳹ" Arabic Ligature Ghain with Alef Maksura Isolated Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script block, specifically within the Unicode compatibility zone, which encodes calligraphic versions of letter combinations to preserve historical rendering and printed forms. This ligature combines the Arabic letter ghain (غ) with the letter alef maksura (ى), which represents a long vowel sound similar to a final "aa" or "ay" and is typically used in word-final position. As an isolated form, it stands alone without connecting to adjacent characters, and it was included in Unicode primarily to support legacy text representations where such ligatures were common in manuscript and typeset Arabic, particularly for religious, literary, or classical texts. The character is not intended for modern plain text input, as contemporary Arabic writing would normally use the separate characters غ and ى, but it remains essential for accurate display of older digital documents and specializ
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FCF9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Ghain with Alef Maksura Isolated Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Isolated |
| Decomposition Mapping | "غ" U+063A Arabic Letter Ghain "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﳹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﳹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB3 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFCF9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FCF9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufcf9 |