U+FD8D "ﶍ" Arabic Ligature Meem with Jeem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
U+FD8D "ﶍ" Arabic Ligature Meem with Jeem with Meem Initial Form is a special presentation form that encodes a typographic ligature of three Arabic letters, Meem, Jeem, and Meem, specifically designed for use in calligraphic or highly stylized texts where these characters are connected in their initial forms. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which contains precomposed ligatures that are rarely needed in modern digital text, as standard Unicode encoding allows the same sequence to be represented by the individual base letters using proper shaping engines. Its primary purpose is to facilitate precise reproduction of historical or decorative Arabic scripts where such ligatures were traditionally used, ensuring that the exact visual appearance is preserved in digital formats.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD8D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Meem 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 | "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﶍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﶍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB6 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD8D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd8d |