U+FDAF "ﶯ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Jeem with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ﶯ
U+FDAF "ﶯ" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Jeem with Yeh Final Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script, specifically designed for calligraphic and digital text rendering. It represents a joined sequence where the letter Yeh (ي) is combined with Jeem (ج) and another Yeh (ي) in their final forms, meaning it appears at the end of a word or in isolation. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block and is used to preserve the traditional connected appearance of certain character combinations in Arabic writing, particularly in formal or decorative contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDAF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Yeh with Jeem 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 "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﶯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﶯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB6 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDAF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdaf |