U+FD1B "ﴛ" Arabic Ligature Hah with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character
U+FD1B "ﴛ" Arabic Ligature Hah with Alef Maksura Final Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, representing the combination of the letters Hah (ه) and Alef Maksura (ى) in their final forms. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains specialized ligatures for elegant calligraphic and typographic layouts, particularly in historical or religious texts such as the Quran. The ligature ensures a smoother visual connection between the two letters when they appear at the end of a word, reflecting traditional Arabic manuscript conventions. While not essential for modern digital text processing, it remains important for preserving the aesthetic and orthographic nuances of classical Arabic writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD1B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Hah 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 | "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﴛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﴛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB4 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD1B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd1b |