U+FD46 "﵆" Arabic Ligature Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa-Aalih Unicode Character

U+FD46 "﵆" Arabic Ligature Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa-Aalih is a specialized typographic character used in Arabic script to represent the honorific phrase "Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa-Aalih," which translates to "May God bless him and his family" and is traditionally invoked after the name of the Prophet Muhammad. This ligature combines multiple Arabic letters into a single, compact graphical form, facilitating efficient and respectful writing in Islamic texts, calligraphy, and digital displays. Its inclusion in Unicode supports precise rendering across platforms, preserving the religious and cultural significance of the phrase while enabling seamless text processing in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FD46
Version Added	14.0
Name	Arabic Ligature Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa-Aalih
Block	Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	﵆
HTML Hex Encoding	﵆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB5 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFD46
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FD46
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufd46

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Arabic
Script Extensions	Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other