U+FD50 "ﵐ" Arabic Ligature Teh with Jeem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
U+FD50 "ﵐ" Arabic Ligature Teh with Jeem with Meem Initial Form is a specialized typographic glyph used in Arabic script calligraphy and digital text rendering, representing a joined initial form of three distinct letters the Arabic "teh" (ت), "jeem" (ج), and "meem" (م) combined into a single connected shape. This ligature appears in certain traditional contexts or fonts to enhance visual aesthetics and readability, particularly in historical manuscripts or decorative religious texts, where the three letters occur sequentially at the beginning of a word. As part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, it is designed for compatibility with older text encoding systems and is not typically used in modern standard writing. The character supports bidirectional rendering and is intended for use only when a specific ligature is required, with its appearance varying based on the font and rendering engine.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD50 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Teh with Jeem with Meem Initial Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Initial |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ت" U+062A Arabic Letter Teh "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﵐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﵐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB5 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD50 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD50 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd50 |