U+FD4A "﵊" Arabic Ligature Alayhi as-Salaatu Was-Salaam Unicode Character

U+FD4A "﵊" Arabic Ligature Alayhi as-Salaatu Was-Salaam is a typographic ligature used in Arabic script to represent the Arabic phrase "عليه الصلاة والسلام" which translates to "Upon him be blessings and peace" in English. This phrase is an Islamic honorific traditionally appended after the name of the Prophet Muhammad in written texts, functioning as a sign of respect and devotion. The ligature combines multiple Arabic characters into a single glyph, simplifying typesetting and preserving the sacred phrase's compact visual form in religious, scholarly, or digital documents. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates consistent representation across different platforms and fonts, ensuring the honorific is correctly displayed in electronic communications and publications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FD4A
Version Added	14.0
Name	Arabic Ligature Alayhi as-Salaatu Was-Salaam
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 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFD4A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FD4A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufd4a

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