U+FDA7 "ﶧ" Arabic Ligature Jeem with Meem with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FDA7 "ﶧ" Arabic Ligature Jeem with Meem with Alef Maksura Final Form is a typographic unit found within the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, specifically representing a three-character ligature that combines the letters Jeem (ج), Meem (م), and Alef Maksura (ى) into a single glyph designed for use in final position within a word. This ligature is employed in certain styles of Arabic calligraphy and typography to maintain aesthetic continuity and improve spacing, particularly in traditional manuscript or formal text settings where such joined forms help preserve the visual harmony of the script. It does not alter the phonetic value of the individual letters but instead functions as a stylistic variant, standardised in Unicode to support digital representation of historical and contemporary Arabic writing where these specific ligatures are expected.

General Properties

Code Point U+FDA7
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Jeem with Meem 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
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﶧ
HTML Hex Encoding ﶧ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB6 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDA7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDA7
C/C++/Java Escape \ufda7

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 "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
NFKC Simple Casefold "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
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