U+FD22 "ﴢ" Arabic Ligature Sad with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+FD22 "ﴢ" Arabic Ligature Sad with Yeh Final Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically combining the letters "Sad" (ص) and "Yeh" (ي) into a single connected form that appears at the end of a word. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which was designed to accommodate traditional calligraphic styles and historical text renditions. It represents a specialized glyph that facilitates precise visual representation in standardized digital encodings, particularly for Quranic text or classical Arabic literature where such ligatures preserve the aesthetic and phonetic flow of the script. While not a standard modern character for everyday use, it ensures accurate display and retrieval of certain manuscript traditions in Unicode environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FD22
Version Added	1.1
Name	Arabic Ligature Sad with Yeh 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	"ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ﴢ
HTML Hex Encoding	ﴢ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB4 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFD22
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FD22
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufd22

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 "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
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