U+FD05 "ﴅ" Arabic Ligature Sad with Alef Maksura Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FD05 "ﴅ" Arabic Ligature Sad with Alef Maksura Isolated Form is a presentation form character used in Arabic script calligraphy and typography, representing the ligature of the Arabic letter Sad (ص) and the letter Alef Maksura (ى) combined into a single glyph. It falls within the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains specialized ligatures designed for precise visual rendering in traditional text layout, rather than for standard modern writing. This particular isolated form appears on its own without connecting to other letters, and it is typically employed in certain Qur’anic texts or decorative inscriptions where such a compact, stylized representation is preferred for aesthetic or space-saving reasons.

General Properties

Code Point U+FD05
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Sad 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 "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﴅ
HTML Hex Encoding ﴅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB4 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFD05
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FD05
C/C++/Java Escape \ufd05

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 "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
NFKC Simple Casefold "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
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