U+FDA0 "ﶠ" Arabic Ligature Teh with Jeem with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character
U+FDA0 "ﶠ" Arabic Ligature Teh with Jeem with Alef Maksura Final Form is a typographic and calligraphic representation used primarily in the Arabic script to combine the three letters Teh, Jeem, and Alef Maksura into a single glyph, appearing in its final form as a connected ligature at the end of a word. This character encodes a specific visual shape that streamlines writing and maintains the aesthetic flow of Arabic calligraphy, particularly in classical texts or formal scripts like Naskh or Thuluth, where such ligatures are preferred for elegance and space efficiency. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this traditional writing practice can be accurately represented and displayed across digital platforms, preserving the nuanced layout of Arabic script in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDA0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Teh with Jeem with Alef Maksura 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 | "ت" U+062A Arabic Letter Teh "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﶠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﶠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB6 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDA0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDA0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufda0 |