U+FD19 "ﴙ" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character
U+FD19 "ﴙ" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Alef Maksura Final Form is a typographic representation used in Arabic script where the letter sheen (ش) is combined with the letter alef maksura (ى) to form a single ligature, specifically in its final positional form within a word. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains precomposed ligatures designed to support complex calligraphic and typesetting needs in traditional Arabic writing. The ligature streamlines the visual appearance of the two characters together, often appearing in religious, classical, or stylized texts to maintain aesthetic consistency and readability, particularly in contexts where the sheen serves as a final or isolated element followed by alef maksura.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD19 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Sheen with Alef Maksura Final Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Final |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ش" U+0634 Arabic Letter Sheen "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﴙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﴙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB4 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD19 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD19 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd19 |