U+FDAE "ﶮ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hah with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character
U+FDAE "ﶮ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hah with Yeh Final Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script block, representing a connected combination of the Arabic letters Yeh (ي), Hah (ح), and Yeh (ي) in their final positional forms as they appear at the end of a word. This character is primarily used for precise orthographic representation in digital text, particularly when rendering classical or religious Arabic calligraphy where such ligatures preserve traditional spacing and visual harmony. It is not a standalone letter but a specialized glyph that helps display written Arabic accurately according to specific typographic conventions, often appearing in contexts like the Quran or historical manuscripts where complex letter combinations require seamless joining to maintain legibility and aesthetic consistency.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDAE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hah with Yeh 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 | "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﶮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﶮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB6 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDAE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDAE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdae |