U+FD73 "ﵳ" Arabic Ligature Tah with Meem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
U+FD73 "ﵳ" Arabic Ligature Tah with Meem with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature in the Arabic script, representing a specific initial form of the sequence of letters Tah (ط), Meem (م), and Meem (م) when these three characters are combined at the beginning of a word. This character is part of the Unicode block for Arabic Presentation Forms-A, which historically encodes complex calligraphic and contextual shapes used in traditional typesetting and digital rendering of Arabic script. It allows for accurate representation of a common ligature found in manuscripts and printed texts, where the two Meems are stacked or joined to the Tah in a visually cohesive manner, enhancing readability and preserving the aesthetic flow of Arabic calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD73 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Tah with Meem 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 | "ط" U+0637 Arabic Letter Tah "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﵳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﵳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB5 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd73 |