U+FD76 "ﵶ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem with Meem Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ﵶ
U+FD76 "ﵶ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem with Meem Final Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, where the letters Ain (ع), Meem (م), and another Meem (م) are combined into a single glyph, specifically in its final form as it appears at the end of a word. This character falls within the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which includes various contextual and ornamental shapes for complex handwritten or calligraphic text. It is designed to represent a common sequence in classical and religious Arabic writing, such as in the phrase "ع مم" encountered in Quranic or literary contexts, where space-saving and fluid writing are prioritized.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD76 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem with Meem 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 | "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﵶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﵶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB5 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD76 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD76 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd76 |