U+FD76 "ﵶ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem with Meem Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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 "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
NFKC Simple Casefold "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
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