U+FD5A "ﵚ" Arabic Ligature Hah with Meem with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FD5A "ﵚ" Arabic Ligature Hah with Meem with Yeh Final Form is a typographic composite of the Arabic letters Hah, Meem, and Yeh, primarily used in certain styles of calligraphic or formal Arabic script. This ligature represents the specific visual pairing of these letters in their final form, appearing when they are positioned at the end of a word. The character is part of the Unicode Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which supports aesthetic presentations of letter combinations that are not typically encoded as separate characters in standard Arabic text. Its usage enhances the fluidity and tradition of Arabic calligraphy, particularly in religious, historical, or decorative contexts where such elaborate letterforms are preferred.

General Properties

Code Point U+FD5A
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Hah with Meem with Yeh Final Form
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Final
Decomposition Mapping "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﵚ
HTML Hex Encoding ﵚ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB5 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFD5A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FD5A
C/C++/Java Escape \ufd5a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter