U+FD4F "﵏" Arabic Ligature Rahimahum Allaah Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FD4F "﵏" Arabic Ligature Rahimahum Allaah is a typographic character that represents a specific calligraphic ligature used in Arabic script, combining the phrase "Rahimahum Allaah," which translates to "May Allah have mercy on them." This ligature appears in certain Islamic texts, particularly in contexts where a supplication for mercy is made for a group of people, such as in scholarly works or religious commentaries. It is encoded in the Unicode standard under the "Arabic Presentation Forms-A" block, which includes a range of characters designed to support complex Arabic typography and historical script styles. The character is rendered as a single glyph for readability and aesthetic consistency, and it reflects the cultural practice of shortening commonly used religious phrases into compact, visually harmonious forms in Arabic calligraphy.

General Properties

Code Point U+FD4F
Version Added 14.0
Name Arabic Ligature Rahimahum Allaah
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFD4F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FD4F
C/C++/Java Escape \ufd4f

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