U+FDA6 "ﶦ" Arabic Ligature Jeem with Hah with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ﶦ
U+FDA6 "ﶦ" Arabic Ligature Jeem with Hah with Alef Maksura Final Form is a complex typographic ligature found in the Arabic script, specifically designed for the final position of a word. It combines the letters jeem (ج), hah (ح), and alef maksura (ى) into a single cursive glyph, serving as an orthographic convenience in certain calligraphic and printed texts to enhance visual flow and readability. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is primarily used in Persian and other languages that employ the Arabic script, where such ligatures are historically common in formal or classical writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDA6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Jeem with Hah 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 | "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﶦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﶦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB6 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufda6 |