U+FD4B "﵋" Arabic Ligature Quddisa Sirrah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
﵋
U+FD4B "﵋" Arabic Ligature Quddisa Sirrah is a typographic ligature used in Arabic script to represent the honorific phrase "quddisa sirrah" (قدس سره), which translates to "sanctified be his secret". This phrase is traditionally appended to the names of revered Islamic saints and spiritual figures, particularly in Sufi contexts, as a form of blessing and reverence. The ligature combines the Arabic letters into a single glyph for streamlined and elegant calligraphic presentation in printed texts and digital typography, ensuring that the honorific is displayed correctly and respectfully within religious or historical documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD4B |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Quddisa Sirrah |
| 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 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD4B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD4B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd4b |
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 |