U+FD4D "﵍" Arabic Ligature Alayhaa as-Salaam Unicode Character

U+FD4D "﵍" Arabic Ligature Alayhaa as-Salaam is a typographic ligature used in Arabic script to represent the Arabic phrase "عليها السلام" (Alayhaa as-Salaam), which translates to "peace be upon her." This honorific expression is commonly applied after naming revered female figures in Islam, such as Maryam (Mary), the mother of Prophet Isa (Jesus), or other saintly women. The ligature serves as a space-saving and calligraphically elegant way to display the phrase in written text, ensuring that the blessing is rendered as a single, cohesive unit. It is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block in Unicode, designed primarily for compatibility with legacy text and specific typesetting needs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FD4D
Version Added	14.0
Name	Arabic Ligature Alayhaa as-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 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFD4D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FD4D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufd4d

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