U+FDB1 "ﶱ" Arabic Ligature Meem with Meem with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FDB1 "ﶱ" Arabic Ligature Meem with Meem with Yeh Final Form is a specialized typographic character used in the Arabic script to represent a ligature, or joined form, of the letters meem, meem, and yeh when they appear together at the end of a word. This ligature ensures a visually cohesive and elegant connection between the three letters, which are often used in religious or classical texts to maintain proper calligraphic flow and readability. It belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, a range of characters designed for precise text rendering in complex layouts, and its use is essential for accurately displaying certain Arabic words that demand a specific final-form combination.

General Properties

Code Point U+FDB1
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Meem with Meem 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 "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﶱ
HTML Hex Encoding ﶱ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB6 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDB1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDB1
C/C++/Java Escape \ufdb1

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 "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
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